... tradition going. Another device that the author has employed is the use of foreshadowing. As the reader impatiently waits for the prize of the lottery, the author prepares in some of the eventual outcomes. Early in the story, it is told of Bobby Martin and other boys were stuffing their pockets with "the smoothest and roundest" stones (Jackson 539). The gathering of stones seems a bit odd. ... It is not clear why the stones and their significance at this point, but at the end of the story, the ... Rose for Emily" the main character Emily is a product of the Old South, a culture that has ...

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• Grade Level: High School