“The Lottery” and “The Man to Send Rainclouds” are quite similar since the stories both have a ritual. In “The Lottery” their ritual isn’t held together by its tradition and overall loses it’s meaning; meanwhile in “The Man to Send Rainclouds” their ritual is kept to its tradition and is done in hopes of getting rain for the crops. These two stories show what happens when tradition is kept and when it is lost along the way. Being aware of the expected ceremonies helps to maintain the integrity of it all and not let it be done in vain. Shirley Jackson and Leslie Marmon Silko bring amazing work to the table but these two stories have so much in common yet at the same time are very different.
In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, a yearly sacrifice is done within their small village where someone is stoned to death. This event is seen as normal to the villagers, as stated “The whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner,” meaning that they can murder someone and then continue on with their everyday lives (Jackson …show more content…
In the village where the lottery is taking place the process is done at an accelerated pace compared to those that still hold it. Since the lottery is done so fast that has to be where all the tradition had been lost. When comparing the steps taken in “The Lottery” and those from” The Man to Send Rainclouds” those done for Teolifo are done with more caution and precision than all that had to be considered before killing Tessie. It was made clear by Silko how important tradition is; Jackson on the other hand shows what happens when tradition is forgotten and used as a cover-up for such a gruesome
In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, a yearly sacrifice is done within their small village where someone is stoned to death. This event is seen as normal to the villagers, as stated “The whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner,” meaning that they can murder someone and then continue on with their everyday lives (Jackson …show more content…
In the village where the lottery is taking place the process is done at an accelerated pace compared to those that still hold it. Since the lottery is done so fast that has to be where all the tradition had been lost. When comparing the steps taken in “The Lottery” and those from” The Man to Send Rainclouds” those done for Teolifo are done with more caution and precision than all that had to be considered before killing Tessie. It was made clear by Silko how important tradition is; Jackson on the other hand shows what happens when tradition is forgotten and used as a cover-up for such a gruesome