Differences Between Mary Ellen's Story And The Lottery

The purpose of this paper will be the comparing and contrasting of two short stories previously read and interpreted by the writer. The two stories chosen were “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. These two stories seem to have nothing in common, as they have two separate meanings in two separate eras. However, the moral of each story draws similarity, the author’s paints a picture to keep the audience open minded therefore connecting them in distinct ways.

When writing, authors use various writing techniques and devices to better their story. From onomatopoeia, and similes, to mood and setting, these devices are what make the stories we read astounding. Atmosphere specifically is imperative to a great writing piece as it is prevalent throughout the entire story. From the first three words to the last three words, the reader is focused on the mood they are interpreting from the storyline. In “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson, the mood is what makes the story so amazing and helps us understand the theme.

Thesis Statement: "The Lottery by Shirley Jackson" and " Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthrone" stories, Shirley Jackson encourages her readers to question their beliefs, actions, and the world by creating struggle.

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, the small village, at first, seems to be lovely, full of tradition, with the townspeople fulfilling their civic duties, but instead this story is bursting with contrast. The expectations that the reader has are increasingly altered. The title of this short story raises hope, for in our society the term “lottery” typically is associated with winning money or other perceived “good” things. Most people associate winning a lottery with luck, yet Jackson twists this notion around and the luck in this village is with each of the losers.

"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, and "The Story of the Hour" by Kate Chopin, both have resemblances and appears differently in relation to the elements of writing. Especially, when the authors use foreshadowing to control the demeanors of the stories and add irony to intentionally lie to the reader. Both stories have comparable qualities and stands out from respects to their parts of the story, especially the writers' usage of irony and mood.

Would you believe that there was once a village where everyone would partake in a terrible event, but think it was innocent because of how they blindly followed a tradition? The short story, “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson communicates this theme by showing how the villagers participate in a lottery every year. In life, there are people who follow tradition because the have to, or they are used to following without question. The author, Shirley Jackson was born on December 14, 1916 in San Francisco, California. In 1937, Shirley Jackson attended Syracuse University where she began to write short stories. She was famous for the short story, “The Lottery,” and her best seller novel, “The Haunting of Hill House”. Shirley Jackson was

“A stone hit her on the side of the head. "It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” (34). “The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson which, sparked controversy when published in the June 26, 1948 issue of the New Yorker. Jackson used several different literary devices to support her theme that people who don’t question tradition get what they deserve. The literary devices Jackson uses to support the theme of ‘The Lottery’ are irony, foreshadowing, and pacing.

Shirley Jackson takes great care in creating a setting for the story, The Lottery. She gives the reader a sense of comfort and stability from the very beginning. It begins, "clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." The setting throughout The Lottery creates a sense of peacefulness and tranquility, while portraying a typical town on a normal summer day.

Shirley Jackson is to be considered one of the best authors of the 1900’s. Her style of writing reeled in readers from all different ages. She can be creepy, hilarious, and inspiring to the eyes that see her words. In Shirley Jackson’s short story, The Lottery, she keeps the reader on the edge of their seat wanting to continue reading beyond the final word. She uses literary devices to shape her story to grab her readers attention all throughout the story. By using these literary devices, Shirley Jackson shows off her dark and twisted side as well as her fantastic writing style to emphasize why she is one of the writers of her generation.

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, and The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson share the theme of. Lord of the Flies takes place on an island in the Pacific Ocean during an atomic war, where there is no adult supervision. "The Lottery" takes place in a small farming community in the present day. In both stories, the characters’ lives are all at risk, and yet, no one realizes that they can change their fate by changing their lifestyle and make themselves safer. All they must do is stand up to the “leaders” and state their opinions and thoughts. Opinions are as varied as there are people. In The Lottery and Lord of the Flies, the characters are aware of what is going on, except they are too afraid of the “if” in life. In The Lottery, “if” a villager

After reading "The Lottery," I decided that I wanted to use it for my first paper. However, when I started thinking about the work I wanted to contrast it to, I found it rather difficult. My first thought was to use "The Story of an Hour" for its similarities of female roles in society. My second thought was using "The Cask of Amontillado," but I was not exactly sure where the similarities between the two lied. As such, I attached a scan of what I have come to discover about the two works.

The lottery is a short story about a very original town. The town does not like outsiders, cause then the town´s secret may get out. The book and the movie are two kinda different things. This paper will be comparing the book and the movie.

Tessie Hutchinson and Miss Strangeworth both are older women who live in small quiet towns. In the short stories “The Possibility of Evil” and “The Lottery” by shirley Jackson, both stories feature a female protagonist who face the “cruel” people of society to them. In the two short stories by shirley Jackson, there are many examples of literary devices that are the same in both stories such as, imagery and symbolism, but the short stories also have a difference in the choice of tone. The tone in both short stories have a rather dark or evil tone, but the sudden or gradual change is the difference.

In both stories, the innocent characters were fighting death at the hands of someone who found the idea of killing another human being to be a game. In “The Lottery” the game of death consumed an innocent life solely because a few individuals founded a tradition; and in “The Most Dangerous Game” the game of death consumed an innocent life solely because one person thought it was merely entertaining. Both authors portrayed the antagonist as friendly, warm and welcoming. In the Lottery, the antagonists were the families whom participated in the drawing of a name that lead to the stoning of another family member (which may or may not be their own family member). In “The Most Dangerous Game” the antagonist was a well-off general who opened his luxurious home to guests who have gone astray from their original destination. Death is the main theme of both short stories and both authors portrayed this dark and dreary idea as a game the characters are playing.

What make the story had a surprised ending, was how the point of view changes. First it focus on the children, then the men, and lastly the wives on what they were doing. By having different point of views, it throw off readers of what was going to happen at the lottery picking. It gives different story to each one as it switches from the children, the man, and the wives. Each points of views focuses on different scene in the story. For instance, the children were collecting stone, laughing, and running. These actions by the children could be seen as they were just playing. Second, it focus on the men. They were gathering everyone to stay together but away from the pile of stone the kids had collected counting if everyone in their family was