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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

In The Lottery, Shirley Jackson reveals that people follow traditions without knowing the reason or origin of the tradition. Religion and racism are two beliefs that people acquire from previous generations. Jackson’s purpose in writing The Lottery was to compel readers to think about why they follow their traditions. Most religious customs are not harmful, but the disturbing practice in the village draws the reader's attention. The theme that people follow traditions and beliefs of their ancestors

Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” is about a village that holds an annual lottery where the chosen villager is stoned to death. The villagers treat this day as any other. They have become accustomed to this traditional event even though it ends with the murder of a random villager. As mentioned during our in-class discussion, the villagers are so accustomed to the event that everyone can participate without hesitation. For example, the Mrs. Hutchinson’s son Davy Hutchinson even partook

“The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” both provide the reader with settings that could not be more different. In “The Lottery” the author Shirley Jackson uses the setting as a way to avert the reader’s attention from what is actually happening in the little, town square. While D.H Lawrence author of “The Rocking-Horse Winner” uses the setting to shape the story and to gain the readers attention by telling of a beautiful woman and her lack of luck. “The Lottery” is a short story in which

The Lottery I thought the story was on the slow side for me. The plot isn’t a difficult one to grasp a hold of. In my mind it comes off as a setting in an early colonization time, almost like a beginning America. I can kind of see in my mind a pilgrim early settler type clothing probably being worn. The title defiantly has a bit of irony in it. The lottery is not something you want to “win”. While I was not particularly fond of the story itself I did think that it was vividly told. I could defiantly

"A lot of towns around us are getting rid of the lottery" In the short story The Lottery an idea is portrayed that in a lot of parts of the world tradition comes before logical choices, hanging onto the idea that all the families follow this tradition. The majority of the town does not like enduring this tradition but still follow it. Everyone had a tradition in there household or community and respecting this tradition has show to come before in line of there personal beliefs and values. Shows

In her short story, “The Lottery”, Sheila Jackson invites us into the square of a small village on a warm summer day (247). It is not just any day. It is the 27th of June; an annually anticipated day for this community (Jackson, 247). The scene is described to depict a pre-technology era, most likely resembling an early American town. They have postal service, a school, and a bank, but no mention of devices, such as telephones, or modern transportation is made. (Jackson, 247). It is possible that

lottery in a situation in which the town goes together, the results may be a terrible end in a young life. In “The Lottery” written by, Shirley Jackson, the main character Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson’s and the town folk are the main characters of this story. In “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson uses the use of characterization to portray the main ideas of the story. Shirley Jackson also uses the use of plot structure and the point of view in which the story is being told. The Lottery is a way to make a sacrifice

Although two different stories, with multiple differences in conflict and setting, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell bear multiple similarities as well. Both stories demonstrate how humans are portrayed as evil vs. good. Each story depicts a protagonist exhibiting conflict with another human or humans. One ends on a dark gloomy path for the protagonist while the other results in a victory for the protagonist. Setting (Similarities) Each story begins

In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” the story conducts a “lottery” that involves the families of the town to go into a drawing. Once the drawing is done, the winner of the lottery is used as a sacrifice in the town and is pelted by stones thrown from the community, including children. Furthermore, the basis of “The Lottery” has to do with psychological problems and influence. Psychoanalysis is built upon Sigmund Freud’s theories of psychology, which asserts that the human mind is affected by their