WORLDLIT

Gabisay, Kathleen S.
BEED GENCON 4A - REG

Ms. Chezie Tormis WORLDLIT
Module 4
ENGAGE
1. The Cask Of Amontillado

2. My Father Goes to Court
3. Footnote To Youth
4.
5. A Tell Tale Heart
EXPLORE
1. Compare the narrative perspectives used in the given stories and check the
reliability of their narrators.
Answer: It’s a Night Job tells the experience of a college-age girl who is a prostitute for
her ‘’night job’’. The two-page story narrates her thoughts, feelings, and
observations on the job from a first person point of view. While on the other hand the
story ‘’The Lottery’’ is being written in the third person. We can see that the
narrative voice does not use ‘’I’’ statements. the narrator reports the thoughts and
feelings of multiple characters. Furthermore, the narrator is not a participant in the
events that take place.
2. Determine the similarities between the general themes of the stories.
The short story, It’s a Night Job, follows a young woman involved in the life of
prostitution. Influenced by her mother, she talks about the skills and tricks you become
accustomed to as a prostitute. She deals with her current night job in hope for building a
better life. However, the main theme in ‘’The Lottery’’short story is that blindly
following tradition can be very dangerous. This is shown to the reader through the bizarre
ritual of murdering innocent people just because tradition says so. I think the only
similarities between the general theme is that, the characters has become so immerse in
following what is told that they fail to see the damage it is creating to themselves and
the society.
3. How different is the central character of the story to the numerous characters in the
second one?
The difference between the two stories is that the character in first story named it’s a
Night Job describes about the girl in a prostitution industry. A job that has been passed
down among the women in the family. While, the characters in the second one is that
the village lottery culminates in a violent murder each year in which a ritual that suggest
how dangerous tradition can be when people follow it blindly.
KNOWLEDGE BUILDING
Assessment Task: Vocabulary Enrichment
1. It refers to a circular road or path.

R OUNDABOUT
2. It is characterized by being high-spirited.
BOISTEROUS
3. It is the act of painstakingly search for something.
RUMMAGING
4. It is used to describe something sensational or famous.
VIRAL
5. It refers to being chipped into tinier pieces.
SPLINTERED
6. It is synonymous to unenthusiastic.
PERFUNCTORY
7. It is the act of catching your breath rapidly.
GASPING
8. It is a piece of lower clothing that covers the waist and separately extends to
the ankle. T R O U S E R S
9. It is synonymous to unnoticeable.
INCONSPICUOUS
10. It is the state of showing great affection.
ADORATION
11. It is the act of smiling broadly.
GRINNING
12. It refers to the pieces of accessory items.
PARAPHERNALIA
13. It is used something that is almost endless.
INTERMINABLE
14. It is the act of condemning something usually done by someone in the
authority
REPRIMAND
15. It is synonymous to being bountiful.
PROFUSE
16. It is to act of detaching yourself.
DISENGAGE
17. It is the overflowing of water downward.
DOWNPOUR
18. It is a term for a person with exceptional wealth.
TYCOON
19. It is the basic monetary unit in Kenya.
SHILLING
20. It refers to someone in charge of accommodating travelers.
HOSTESSINGS
Critical Thinking
Assessment Task 2: Guided Literary Analysis
1. It’s A Night Job by Juanita Male

a. What image of sex industry is being specifically given the most emphasis?
The story is narrating about prostitution. It tells the experience of a college-
age girl who is a prostitute for her ‘’night job’’.
2. Explain how the main character projects her half-heartedness towards her job
in the story?
The story opens with a bold statement by the main character denying
choosing her night job, stating that it chose her and she couldn’t escape it
because her mother and her mother’s mother had the same job.
3. Cite the specific part in the story that confirms the main character’s
acquiescence to her predetermined fate.
The repetition of the woman saying to herself ‘’I hate this part!’’,
which illustrates how every detail of her job is a small stab to her dignity.
4. Aside from the need to survive, explain what other reason drivers the main
character to continue with her job.
It’s how she sees her mother that is so proud of her daughter being a
prostitute because of the money she brings.
2. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
a. Why did jackson choose commoners as the characters in the story instead of
having citizens of higher social niche?
Jackson has selected commoners as main characters in her story which
acts to emphasize the pain hidden in it. She chooses the common people and
not the educated or rich one for her story because if it had been the rich or the
educated, the story would not have looked as real.
b. Aside from injustice, explain the best implication of Tessie’s scream in the last
part of the story.
She is objecting to the fact the she is the sacrifice. She doesn’t want to
die and is protecting merely the fact the she has to die,.
c. What do the gradual changes of the black box symbolize?

The black box represents tradition, so the villagers are hesitant to replace it
despite how injustice it is. The box also represents death.
d. Explain the two dominant subjects in the story.

The subject of the ‘’The Lottery’’ is beliefs and traditions.
CREATING
Assessment Task 3: Inferencing and Biographical-Historical Essay.
‘’The Lottery’’
The townspeople did not forget about the told stories of Crazy Jane, the
woman who did not stone her husband. It was said that she ran madly the same
night and no medicine man could treat her. It was this same story that made Bill
pick up five, hand-sized rocks and tossed it to his wife. He was afraid to become
crazy as he still had three kids to raise. He then stood aloof and waited for the
end. ‘’He seems to enjoy this!’’ He thought loudly.
‘’You too noticed that?’’asked Bill Jr. He was just from hitting his
mother with pebbles and he could not forgive himself. ‘’You don’t have to
see this. Go take you sister and brother home. I will be there soon. ‘’Bill said to
his son. He had to stay back till the end where he could be allowed to carry his
wife’s corpes for burial. Bill Jr. rushed to the mob and pulled Nancy and little
Dave. They rushed home shocked but aware that their mom was no more.
‘’Weird how stoning her was no fun. The rush in our blood as we plunged
the stones and watch the victims wrinkle in pain was not there anymore,’’he
said. ‘’That’s because we were stoning mum. Seeing her die has changed
everything.’’Nancy replied. ‘’I do not think that this tradition is useful
anymore. The way Mr. Summers looks forward to every Lottery is not
normal,’’he shouted feeling anger burning inside him. ‘’Mr Warner to has
witnessed the lottery seventy-seven times and never has he been picked. I think
the gods are not fair!’’She said.
‘’It really isn’t fair!’’ Bill Jr. yelled, stood up and looked through the
window. It has almost sundown and he was sure his father was carrying their
dead mum to the borders of the village. He stormed out, leaving Nancy shouting
behind him, ‘’Where are you going to? We have to stay inside! He did not
answer her.
For once in his life. Bill Jr. doubted the lottery tradition. They said stoning a
person signified cleansing of the village’s evil deeds, making the corpes
unclean, therefore, had to be buried outside the village. Once the evil was
cleansed, they would received bountiful harvest but he did not believe that
anymore. He needed answers and so, he headed to Mr. Summr’s house.
Mr. Summers had just arrived from the village square and was having his
evening tea. He was all alone and so it was quiet.
‘'Hey, come on in.’’Said Mr. Summers when Bill Jr. knocked. ‘’Am
sorry about your mother. She was a nice person.’’He added, letting him in. Bill
Jr. clenched his hands in his pocket from rage and prevented himself from
striking him.
‘’Why do you campaign for the lottery every year? You even want a
new box to be made? What is it so important to you?’’ He shouted at him.
‘’It is our tradition, boy. You know that!’’he answered.

‘’The people have forgotten the old ways for they no longer know the
real meaning of the lottery! You do not even remember the procedures! How do
you know that the harvest we get is from the sacrifices?’’ He yelled, tears
falling down his cheeks. He looked at him, waiting for answers. ‘’You do not
understand.’’Mr. Summers said, sitting down. A half smile formed on his face.
‘’Good gracious!’’Bill Jr. said, his eyes widening upon realization.

‘’You, like old Warner, do not care for the people because you have no family
to lose.’’He said plainly. Mr. Summers sipped his tea loudly and said, ‘’When
I was young, they took my father and my brother and since then, I did everything
to appease the gods but they don’t care. They gave me a scold for a wife and
no kids.’’
‘’You want everyone to experience your pain!’’he asked. ‘’Yes,

The gods do not care if you set up scapegoats to carry your sins. The good
harvest will always be there and I will always be here to campaign for the next
lottery. He said standing up.’’People love something to look forward to.’’he
paused, ‘’Now you go home and mourn your mother and dare not tell
anybody or else you will be next in line. ‘’ He threatened. Bill Jr. ran out of his
house swearing to tell his father.

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Gabisay, Kathleen S.

BEED GENCON 4A - REG

1. The Cask Of Amontillado

2. Determine the similarities between the general themes of the stories.

1. It refers to a circular road or path.

1. It’s A Night Job by Juanita Male

2. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

c. What do the gradual changes of the black box symbolize?

d. Explain the two dominant subjects in the story.

‘’It is our tradition, boy. You know that!’’he answered.

‘’Good gracious!’’Bill Jr. said, his eyes widening upon realization.

‘’You want everyone to experience your pain!’’he asked. ‘’Yes,

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