Compare and Contrast Short Story “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner”
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are two short stories that take place in the early to mid-1900’s that displays turmoil to characters and eventually takes them to their demise. Both stories were written in a plot with suspense, love, and tragedy. The authors arouse the reader’s curiosity and keeps them interested in the story because of the implied message that is being conveyed. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are two stories that have different plots, but convey the same lottery style theme of death.
In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses an old decrepit black box as to highlight the parable in her plot. At first, the meaning of the black box was not certain and unclear. The box was older than the oldest man in the village and …show more content…
Lawrence uses many symbols to communicate a message. The whispering rocking horse and house symbolizes evil, depression, and unhappiness. Paul is seen as a young child who believes that he is lucky, but he is also desperately looking for love from his mother. His eyes are described as being glaring in an uncanny way, which reference that his eyes are lured to ill-omened wickedness which was only seen when riding his horse. Paul loved his mother, but greed and a love for money would not allow him to succeed. The implied message in this work is greed; in other words, greed is the root of all evil.
In both stories the same lottery style of death prevailed. By the end of the story both authors have implied symbols, a plot, a theme, suspense, crisis, climax, and a message. The author’s metaphors of the rocking horse and the black box created the allegory for these stories. Death magnified the parable in both stories and each author finished their story with their character either been stoned to death or screaming "Malabar! Malabar! Did I say Malabar, mother?
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are two short stories that take place in the early to mid-1900’s that displays turmoil to characters and eventually takes them to their demise. Both stories were written in a plot with suspense, love, and tragedy. The authors arouse the reader’s curiosity and keeps them interested in the story because of the implied message that is being conveyed. “The Lottery” and “The Rocking-Horse Winner” are two stories that have different plots, but convey the same lottery style theme of death.
In “The Lottery”, Shirley Jackson uses an old decrepit black box as to highlight the parable in her plot. At first, the meaning of the black box was not certain and unclear. The box was older than the oldest man in the village and …show more content…
Lawrence uses many symbols to communicate a message. The whispering rocking horse and house symbolizes evil, depression, and unhappiness. Paul is seen as a young child who believes that he is lucky, but he is also desperately looking for love from his mother. His eyes are described as being glaring in an uncanny way, which reference that his eyes are lured to ill-omened wickedness which was only seen when riding his horse. Paul loved his mother, but greed and a love for money would not allow him to succeed. The implied message in this work is greed; in other words, greed is the root of all evil.
In both stories the same lottery style of death prevailed. By the end of the story both authors have implied symbols, a plot, a theme, suspense, crisis, climax, and a message. The author’s metaphors of the rocking horse and the black box created the allegory for these stories. Death magnified the parable in both stories and each author finished their story with their character either been stoned to death or screaming "Malabar! Malabar! Did I say Malabar, mother?