Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Lottery

The Hunger Games series is based of the book trilogy of the same name. In this series, the Hunger Games are a pageant based on a punishment for a rebellion that occurred approximately 100 years before. In this pageant, two tributes are chosen per district

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Tessie is portrayed to be egoistic by saying things such as “I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” (Jackson 5) and wanting a redraw of her family in the lottery. This portrays Tessie as being selfish and egoistic because she discriminated the value of the lives of her family to that of her own. This is important because it is highly unusual for a protagonist to be such a narcissist. Tessie is not a virtuous protagonist. On the other hand, Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is a different story altogether. In The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross Katniss yells “I volunteer as tribute!” (Ross) when her sister’s name gets picked during the Reaping. It is evident that Katniss values the life of her sister over that of her own, something uncommon in “The Lottery” Knowing this about Katniss and seeing her actions during The Hunger Games shows that she is a very righteous and virtuous protagonist. These behaviors show us the differences between the two protagonists. Tessie, being selfish and egoistic, and Katniss Everdeen, being righteous and

In the stories “The Lottery” and “Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson there is a plethora of correlating similarities between the two genuinely intriguing story lines. Detailed writing is often fascinating to read and allows the reader to vividly imagine the characters and the setting of the story, which is precisely the reason why the settings and characters in Shirley Jackson’s short stories “The Lottery” and “ Possibility of Evil” are easy to vividly imagine and understand.

In the first place, The Lottery and The Hunger Games both share the theme of tradition. The lotteries in both stories are annual traditions and have been going on for over seventy years. We know this because Jackson writes “Chips of wood, Mr. Summers had argued. had been all very well when the village was tiny, but now that the population was more than three hundred and likely to keep on growing, it was necessary to use something that would fit more easily into the black box.” In The Hunger Games Collins writes “Ladies and gentlemen, let the seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin – and may the odds be ever in your favor!” Both of these statements tell us that in both stories that these drawings are traditions, and have been going on for a long time. These traditions are both similar, but one difference is that in The Hunger Games they choose twenty kids who fight to the death, and in The Lottery, they only chose one person to stone to death. These traditions are both quite grim traditions should be stopped.

Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" depicts life in a provincial American town with rigid social norms. Mr. Summers symbolizes everything that is wrong with the town; he represents blind adherence to ritual, social rigidity, and resistance to change. His name corresponds with the seasonal setting of "The Lottery," too, drawing attention to the importance of his character in shaping the theme of the story. Summers is in charge of the central motif of the story, the lottery that takes the life of a human being. A predecessor to The Hunger Games, Jackson's "The Lottery" shares in common with its modern counterpart a theme of how groupthink places a stranglehold on both individuals and whole communities.

To illustrate, in the stories “The Lottery” and “Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson there is a plethora of correlating similarities between the two genuinely intriguing story lines. Furthermore, detailed writing is often fascinating to read and allows the reader to vividly imagine the characters and the setting of the story, which is precisely the reason why the settings and characters in Shirley Jackson’s short stories “The Lottery” and “ Possibility of Evil” are easy to vividly imagine and understand.

To begin with, both stories are trying to keep the population down. In “The Lottery,” they have a tradition annually, which is the Lottery, and in the lottery, every year someone from the village gets stoned to death by the lottery, or the raffle. In the story, it states, “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone." Steve Adams was in the front of the crowd of villagers…” This can prove that Tessie Hutchinson was elected to get stoned to death, which displays how every year, someone is killed. In “The Hunger Games,” once yearly, there is a day called Reaping Day, like when someone is selected every year to be killed. In the story

In the short story, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, a village has just entered the month of June, meaning that the lottery is to begin. When everyone was present, the heads of the households’ names were called one by one to pick up a slip of paper. It was then discovered that the

Tessie Hutchinson arrives late at the lottery saying, “clean forgot what day it was” and how she saw that the kids were gone and then she remembered what day it was and came running. The lottery was a very important day for some of the old townspeople. They would gather and pick one person to sacrifice which was believed to grow more crops. Old man Warner stated, “lottery in June, corn be heavy soon”. Tessie Hutchinson ends up getting picked and then states, “this isn’t fair” and “it isn’t right” because she ended up getting

Many comparisons can be drawn between stories of literary fiction. Literary elements such as plot, characterization, theme, and point of view are all aspects that can be used to compare stories. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” have many similar aspects between them. Both of these stories illustrate the degradation of traditional societal rules and the care for human life, and the deceiving appearance of characters. Their plots share a common theme of the darkness of human nature, and the twisted morals of some people.Both "The Lottery" and "The Most Dangerous Game" deceive the reader with their portrayal of the characters. Through the use of direct and indirect characterization, both stories begin

The citizens act differently in the two stories. In The Lottery the citizens are happy and want to play. They don’t worry much about what is going to happen. Mrs. Hutchinson in The Lottery came late to the event, nobody was worried about it, not even her slef. And after the winner is chosen, the citizens are a part of throwing the rocks. In The Hunger Games not everyone wants to play, but the government forces them to. The government has people with guns to escort the winners to the stage. The citizens who do not participate can give the

there is quiet conversation between friends. Mr. Summers, who runs the lottery, arrives with a black box. The original box was lost many years ago, even before Old Man Warner, the oldest person in the village, can remember. Each year Mr. Summers suggests that they make a new box, but no one is willing to go against tradition. The people were willing to use slips of paper instead of woodchips as markers, as the village had grown too large for the wood chips to fit in the box. A list of all the families and households in the village is made, and several matters of who will draw for each family are decided. Mr. Summers is sworn in as the official of the lottery in a specific ceremony. Some people remember that there used to be a song and salute as part of the ceremony, but these are no longer performed. Tessie Hutchinson arrives in the square late because she has forgotten what day it was. She joins her husband and children before the lottery can begin. Mr. Summers explains the lottery’s rules: each family will be called up to the box and draw a slip of paper. One of the villagers tells Old Man Warner that the people of a nearby village are thinking about ending the lottery. Old Man Warner laughs at the idea. He believes that giving up the lottery would cause nothing but trouble, and a loss of civilized behavior. A woman responds that some places have already given up the lottery. Everyone finishes drawing, and each

First, when playing the lottery, whoever draws the paper is stoned to death; when playing the Hunger Games, people are chosen and have to compete by killing one another. The contestants in the Hunger Games have a chance to survive if they are the winner. If you are chosen in the lottery, there is no chance of survival. President Snow tells Seneca Crane that “[hope] is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous” (Jackson). Children who are picked in the Hunger Games have hope to live if they can win. The person selected in the lottery has no hope whatsoever. In addition, the older children of the Hunger Games have a greater chance of being selected. The

The settings of these two books are different, because The Hunger Games mainly takes place in the arena, and “The Lottery” takes place in a public town spot. In “The Lottery”, there's really no romance, but in The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are shown to the world as a couple. I think is actually a good tactic when trying to get sponsors and surviving because Peeta does protect Katniss and I believe he really does have feelings for her, as she does for him. Katniss is confused about her feelings for Gale, I think that she probably does care for Gale, but personally I think she cares for Peeta more. Otherwise why would she have risked her life for for him? Like when each district got a pack, and she ended up giving Peeta the sleeping syrup so she could go get the pack so Peeta could survive.

When specific traditions within a civilization are blindly followed, the consequences may be dire and the society as a whole can be negatively impacted. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson both highlight the consequences that come along with condoning the traditions that were introduced into a culture. By using arbitrary rules, inequitable odds, and blindly following traditions in these pieces of literary work create an environment for a hostile social ritual and ceremony. The societies displayed in these pieces of literature share a tradition of cruel and murderous behavior which jeopardizes the livelihood of the people who reside in these areas, specifically the youth. Although both of the traditions