The short stories of D.H. Lawrence and Shirley Jackson The Rocking-horse Winner and the Lottery, are classic fictional work of American history. Lawrence and Jackson supply their literary work with symbols and themes to get their point across to there audience. The Rocking-horse winner is the tale of an unsatisfied mother whos greed cost her much, and The Lottery of a superstitious town. Both stories agree with their unexpected ending. The Lottery and The Rocking-horse winner may agree with their endings, the stories clash in the theme they tell. In the words of the Christian rapper Swoope “When you love money you will never have enough”. Reading the story I would consider that this family desperately desired to be wealthy. They attend
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At the end of the Lottery Jackson inform us of Tessie Hutchinson situation the book states Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of the clear space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villager moved in on her. “It isn’t fair”, she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. No one in the town asked or questioned the sacrificing ritual of Tessie Hutchinson. The villager believed that their tradition was necessary for the flourishing of the towns harvest. The theme that Jackson present to his audience is that the villager were afraid to challenge tradition, because of their superstitious beliefs. No one in the town could inform the audience when the tradition started, and there is no time frame for the end of the town’s tradition. When history and understanding are not present, tradition can become powerful and unchangeable. Jackson uses symbolism in the object and statements from the characters to explain her purpose. We see that tradition is not questioned when old man Warner said, “Seventy-seventh year I’ve been in the lottery”, this shows that this tradition has be practice for sometime. Jackson also convey her them in the children in the announcement “Bobby Martin had already stuff his pockets full of stones, and the other boys followed his example”. Tradition was never question ask we can see that this had no effect on the children. They saw the lottery sacrifice as a normal thing in their village. The only time the lottery is challenge is when Tessie Hutchison was chosen for the town sacrifice. The villager was assured that this would appease the wrath of god and bring them forth a good
At the end of the Lottery Jackson inform us of Tessie Hutchinson situation the book states Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of the clear space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villager moved in on her. “It isn’t fair”, she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. No one in the town asked or questioned the sacrificing ritual of Tessie Hutchinson. The villager believed that their tradition was necessary for the flourishing of the towns harvest. The theme that Jackson present to his audience is that the villager were afraid to challenge tradition, because of their superstitious beliefs. No one in the town could inform the audience when the tradition started, and there is no time frame for the end of the town’s tradition. When history and understanding are not present, tradition can become powerful and unchangeable. Jackson uses symbolism in the object and statements from the characters to explain her purpose. We see that tradition is not questioned when old man Warner said, “Seventy-seventh year I’ve been in the lottery”, this shows that this tradition has be practice for sometime. Jackson also convey her them in the children in the announcement “Bobby Martin had already stuff his pockets full of stones, and the other boys followed his example”. Tradition was never question ask we can see that this had no effect on the children. They saw the lottery sacrifice as a normal thing in their village. The only time the lottery is challenge is when Tessie Hutchison was chosen for the town sacrifice. The villager was assured that this would appease the wrath of god and bring them forth a good