The Lottery Ticket
By Anton Chekhov
LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS:
1. Identify the major conflict of the story “The Lottery Ticket”. Use specific
details and examples to support your response.
(Character vs character, character vs self, character vs. society, or
character vs. nature)
2. Identify the irony in the story “The Lottery Ticket”. Use specific examples
to support your response.
3. Describe the point of view in the story, “The Lottery Ticket”. Use specific
examples.
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS:
1. Explain why, in your opinion, Ivan Dmitrich’s musing over winning the
lottery does or does not reveal his true character and feelings towards
others.
2. What is the overall message about luck as it relates to happiness in the
story?
3. Pick the most important and revealing quotation that a character gives
about “luck” and explain its significance.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS: Words, Actions, Thoughts, Opinions (WATO) chart
Ivan Dmitrich
Evidence from the story
Explanation of character’s
personality
Evidence from the story
Explanation of character’s
personality
Words the
character says
Actions the
character does
Thoughts and
Emotions the
character has
Other characters
opinions of the
character
Masha Dmitrich
Words the
character says
Actions the
character does
Thoughts and
Emotions the
character has
Other characters
opinions of the
character