The Lottery

The claim that this story is presented from the objected point of view can definitely be supported. The narrator never becomes acquainted with the townspeople by saying "we" or "us." The story is told with no emotion at all and adds to the "dispassionate, matter-of-fact tone." It feels like the story is just stating the facts and tells you the information. By doing this, the story comes off as more cruel and just a fact of life. It also helps portray the acceptance of the lottery that most of the townspeople hold.

How I Met My Husband

Throughout the whole short story, the speaker describes an event that eventually leads up to how she met her husband. Up until the last section of the text, readers assume Edie's future husband is Chris Watters, the plane pilot. Watters is an ex-army pilot who claims to move from the war. Really, he is just trying to avoid his less-than-pretty fiancee, Alice Kelling. After messing around with Edie, he promises to write her, then leaves for the next town without Alice knowing. Edie waits everyday by the mailbox until she realizes "no letter was ever going to come" (146). Her waiting for a man who the readers assume will be her future husband actually leads to her meeting her real future husband, Carmichael, the mailman. Instead of promising a letter, Charmichael pursues Edie and asks her on a date.

My mistress' eyes

The tone of this poem is mocking towards the other love poems that compare lovers to nature (coral, snow, sun). These authors exaggerate with comparisons to flatter their women. The speaker is more honest in saying that his mistress is nothing like those things and will not waste his time with false comparisons. He believes that his love is more pure than any natural object and doesn't need to compare her to nature. The speaker wants to say that appearances don't matter because he loves his mistress the way she is. How she looks holds no meaning compared to her personality. She is just as beautiful to the women who are lied to.