The publication of "The Lottery" in The New Yorker prompted many readers to write letters expressing their feelings about it. What would you say to the magazine's editors about the story's events and its overall meaning. Write your own letter to the editor with support for your explanation of your reaction and interpretation with specific evidence from the story.

What is a brief and often humorous statement of truth or opinion, such as "a watched pot never boils"

Chapters 3–5 while reading, think about… author’s purpose/point of view symbolism communication between characters —ethan frome

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky