Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Lottery

People have a greater chance at getting struck by lightning than winning the lottery, in the stories “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross people would much rather get struck by lightning. In “The Lottery” a small town of nearly three hundred people gather in the center of town on the beautiful morning on June twenty seventh. A tradition of the town where families draw paper slips from a black box sitting in the middle of town, whichever family draws the black dot that family draws again to decide who in their family is pelted with rocks until they are left breathless. The Hunger Games tells the story of a corrupted government taking place in the future where twelve districts send two tributes (one of each gender) to the capitol to be entered into an arena where they fight to the death. Only one tribute is to remain to be declared that years victor. “The Lottery” and The Hunger Games are similar in the protagonist's beliefs, but differ …show more content…
In the first couple scenes of The Hunger Games two people from each of the twelve districts are drawn and are initiated into the hunger games. The twelve districts differ in wealth and population but each have to give forth two tributes to be entered in the games. By giving two tributes, making a total of 24 to fight to the death, meaning 23 people will die. Although, in “The Lottery” the community only chooses one person, not twenty four. When Bill Hutchinson went to grab the paper out of his wife's hand she was the only person with the black dot making her the one person that was chosen to die. When Mrs. Hutchinson got the paper with the single dot on it, she had been picked. Being only one dot and one so called “winner” only one person was chosen and one person had to die. Even though in both stories people died, twenty four were chosen in The Hunger Games and only one was Chosen in “The