Similarities Between The Destructors And The Lottery

The symbolism in “The Lottery,” is the black box, which represents the tradition and the villagers’ loyalty to it. The box was the only connection to the origin of the lottery. It has been

The ending of “The Lottery” comes as a shock to the reader. The Ending of the lottery Tessie Hutchinson draw the winning ticket, and is selected to to be stoned to death.The fact that a town would hold this kind of game is atroscious. Part of the reason that the ending was so much of a shock was because the Author’s use of incidental symbolism left one uneasy. Such as the black box and how it was portrayed like a forgotten tuneless chant, the ritual salute. “The black box grew shabbier each year: by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.” (The Lottery 1)While most critics see the box as the primary symbol the stool is referenced at least 4 times in the fourth paragraph. “three- legged stool, and the stool was put in the center of the square and Mr. Summers set the black box down on it. The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool.”(The Lottery 1) The stool represents the trinity and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus was sacrificed on the cross Tessie Hutchinson stood on the three legged stool and was stoned to death. But at the beggining jackson sets us on track with some symbolism to indeed show us what is to come. Towards the middle of the story uses some chracter symbolism when it comes to the families. Mr. Dunbar is unable to draw the lottery today, so Mrs. Dunbar agrees to draw for him. However Mr. Summers say. “Don’t you have a grown boy that can draw for you.” Helen Nebeker put the explanation of this conversation extremely well. “In this seemingly innocent exchange the reader is jarred into a suspicion that the mentioned “grown boy” has been a previous victim and that his father cannot face the strain of being present, raising the question whether the breaking of his leg has been accidental or deliberate. At any rate, this loss of a son

The excerpt from the book I Am Malala has a very similar theme to a short story we have read earlier in the year, The Lottery. First of all, the characters in both stories blindly follow something, whether it be a tradition or a teaching of a person. In I Am Malala, most of the townspeople blindly follow the teachings of Maulana Fazlullah, the leader of the Taliban. They applaud at public beatings and disallow women and girls to go to school because one person told them to and made them believe what they were doing was okay.

Authors Jackson and Lawrence use symbolism as a device to bring to light the cherished items that have a symbolic message for each individual. In "The Lottery," the black box represented tradition for the townspeople. The black box was a keepsake for the town; "The original paraphernalia for the lottery had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born" (Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, p. 251). Ironically, from a historical perspective, the black box is equivalent towards the lottery as a whole; without the box, tradition can become easily upsetting. According to Jackson, "no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box" (as cited in Kennedy & Gioia, 2013, p. 251). One can also infer that perhaps the black box symbolizes a multitude of purposes, such as a possession of secrets, a casket in reference to death, or part of the old-town charm. Nevertheless, the lottery was a disguised attempt for the townspeople to

Thematic ideas often are repeated in different pieces of literature. The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and The Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins share similarities in their styles, symbols, and thematic ideas.

Footsteps trail behind; blood runs from an open wound, no stopping now. Run. In The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, Katniss volunteers for her sister during the reaping. The reaping is an event held by the capital where they choose two people from each twelve districts to fight in a life or death match called the hunger games. In The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson, there is an event held called the lottery. Each head of household, usually the husband, chooses a slip of paper out of a black box. The family chosen then does the same thing with each individual person of the family and the person who ‘wins’ gets stoned to death by everyone else in the town. The Lottery and The Hunger Games have differences in the characters and society, but they have similarities like the theme.

The lottery is taken place, and has to be taken place every year, it’s a tradition, a sacrifice, a chance of death to one person, this lottery is taken place in a small village, the year was 1948, a man who goes by the name Mr. Summers. He is the person to draw the names from the black box, and whoever’s name that is pulled out of the black box, loses his or her life, the reason why Shirley Jackson the author, made the box black, is to symbolize death, and the color black is to warn the villagers that the death of one of them is approaching quickly, and there’s no time to run, because whoever’s name is picked, their death happens.

“The Destructors” is a short fiction story by Graham Greene. The setting of the story is in London 9 years after the conclusion of World War II. The short story has to do with a group of teenage boys who call themselves the Wormsley Common gang, named after the area they live in. As a result of World War II, the area that the teenagers live in has been destroyed and many properties lay in ruins with the exception of one house. This is the house of Mr. Thomas who is known as “Old Misery”. The Wormsley Common gang has planned to destroy the house of Old Misery because they wanted to gain fame and reputation in the area for being a tough gang. Another reason why they destroyed the house is because it reminded them of higher society, something that was out of reach for the teenagers. Throughout the short story, the theme that is being conveyed by Greene is the loss of innocence.

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” Compare and Contrast “The Lottery” short story and The lottery film, being the same story, are alot alike. Even though they are alike, they also have a few differences. Most of the differences between the film and the short story are mostly line changes. The beginning of the film and the short story are the same. It starts out outside on a beautiful day.

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.

The contrast of both stories “The Lottery” by Jackson (1949) and “The Destructors” by Greene (1977) is reflective through the emotions of the words in the story. The dispensation of characters in two stories "The Lottery" and "The Destructors" both represents a flow of compare and contrast in the character division. A character is a mean to display the emotions, feelings and things that are sometimes inexpressible. Tessie Hutchinson is the women character in the Lottery, the story clearly demonstrates the terrific and horror related feelings towards the whole perspective of the story (Griffin, 1999). The comparison is, the character and main leader of the story in "The Destructors" named "Blackie", is also intentionally threatening the inside functions

The black box is the second symbol that also resembles the tradition of the lottery and holds an important purpose as well, the black box in the story is old and falling apart due to age. Shirley Jackson describes the box saying “the black box grew shabbier each year”, “it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color” (291). the villagers are frightened that the black box will be left out of the tradition since the lottery has been done including the black box . Mr. Summers is aware of the box and talked to the people of village of replacing the black box and making a new one, but the villagers did not like the idea of having a new box and forgetting the black box. Shirley jackson says

“The Lottery” and “The Destructors” are both very intriguing short stories. Imagine being out in the hot, bright sun and then suddenly being stoned by fifty people or driving up to your house one day from being out of town and seeing your house completely gone. Feelings or emotions of hurt, sorrow, or loneliness begin to appear. People can be cruel for no reason because that individual is not happy with their life or simply jealousy. Shirley Jackson who wrote “The Lottery” and Graham Green who wrote “The Destructors do an excellent job of portraying an interesting theme and intensifying their short stories. “The Lottery” and “The Destructors” have similar themes of random destruction, but the author uses different settings to set apart

The Destructors is a 1994 short story set in post-world war II London. The passage focuses on the Wormsley gang, a group of teenage boys who spend their days commiting harmless crimes. As everything has been destroyed through the bombings in world war II , only one house stands with minimal damage. This house is owned by Mr. Thomas, also known as "old misery" by the wormsley gang. During the course of the passage the wormasley gang decides to break into Mr. Thomas's house and destroy it from the inside while Mr. Thomas is away on a two-day bank holiday. However, upon arriving home early, the boys lock Mr. Thomas in an outhouse with food and a blanket while they continue their destruction.