Ye Eun Heo (12th)
Period 4
World Literature
Compare and contrast between The Lottery and The Hunger Games.
Tradition is passed on from one generation to the next in order to give important values of the events such as integrity, respect, and kindness (Reference, 2016). By this, the exact meaning of the tradition is revealed. However, what if traditions were not giving these important values to people? These of two stories - The Hunger Games and The Lottery - answer the question; distinctly go against to perform traditions. In these stories, traditional events were taken in the certain purpose, but most characters of these stories take a position of not being compliant. As speak so, although there have been different perspectives towards tradition …show more content…
In The Hunger Games, some lines and scenes denote that each districts’ people hope that the selected people survive (The Hunger Games, 2012). No sooner had two of people being picked up than the others respected to them with their hands raised up and bent first and fifth fingers (The Hunger Games, 2012). Also, when Rue, who is one of the participants in The Hunger Games, had died, people who are in Rue’s district started a riot (The Hunger Games, 2012). In The Lottery, in contrast, they held each other in check. As can bee seen in the sentence of “Mrs. Dunbar had small stones in both hands, and she said, gasping for breath, "I can't run at all. You'll have to go ahead and I'll catch up with you."(The Lottery, 1948, pg. 34)”, it is mentioned indirectly that although they were a friend, Mrs. Dunbar regards Mrs. Hutchinson, who is the main character that had been selected and died at the end of the story, as the mean of keeping the tradition (The Lottery, …show more content…
In The Hunger Games, one day before holding the traditional events, Prim, one of the characters of this movie, had a nightmare (The Hunger Games, 2012). To soothe her sister, Katniss, the main character of this story, told her that “It’s your first… Prim, your name’s gonna be there once, they’re not gonna pick you (The Hunger Games, 2012).” In the larger range, not only her sister, but others who live in districts felt fearful of holding the events (The Hunger Games, 2012). Besides, in The Lottery, Mr. Adam, who one of the characters in the story said that "that over in the north village, they're talking of giving up The Lottery (The Lottery, 1948, pg. 31).” Although Mr. Adam expressed his opinion to quit this tradition, the old man Warner blamed for Mr. Adam that “Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while (The Lottery, 1948, pg. 31).” By this part, the old man Warner was not about to stop the tradition and people were not to be disobeyed by Warner’s warning (The Lottery, 1948).
As seen above, both of these stories – The Hunger Games and The Lottery - have a difference, but there are some similarities. Even though The Hunger Games and The Lottery have each different purpose; former
Period 4
World Literature
Compare and contrast between The Lottery and The Hunger Games.
Tradition is passed on from one generation to the next in order to give important values of the events such as integrity, respect, and kindness (Reference, 2016). By this, the exact meaning of the tradition is revealed. However, what if traditions were not giving these important values to people? These of two stories - The Hunger Games and The Lottery - answer the question; distinctly go against to perform traditions. In these stories, traditional events were taken in the certain purpose, but most characters of these stories take a position of not being compliant. As speak so, although there have been different perspectives towards tradition …show more content…
In The Hunger Games, some lines and scenes denote that each districts’ people hope that the selected people survive (The Hunger Games, 2012). No sooner had two of people being picked up than the others respected to them with their hands raised up and bent first and fifth fingers (The Hunger Games, 2012). Also, when Rue, who is one of the participants in The Hunger Games, had died, people who are in Rue’s district started a riot (The Hunger Games, 2012). In The Lottery, in contrast, they held each other in check. As can bee seen in the sentence of “Mrs. Dunbar had small stones in both hands, and she said, gasping for breath, "I can't run at all. You'll have to go ahead and I'll catch up with you."(The Lottery, 1948, pg. 34)”, it is mentioned indirectly that although they were a friend, Mrs. Dunbar regards Mrs. Hutchinson, who is the main character that had been selected and died at the end of the story, as the mean of keeping the tradition (The Lottery, …show more content…
In The Hunger Games, one day before holding the traditional events, Prim, one of the characters of this movie, had a nightmare (The Hunger Games, 2012). To soothe her sister, Katniss, the main character of this story, told her that “It’s your first… Prim, your name’s gonna be there once, they’re not gonna pick you (The Hunger Games, 2012).” In the larger range, not only her sister, but others who live in districts felt fearful of holding the events (The Hunger Games, 2012). Besides, in The Lottery, Mr. Adam, who one of the characters in the story said that "that over in the north village, they're talking of giving up The Lottery (The Lottery, 1948, pg. 31).” Although Mr. Adam expressed his opinion to quit this tradition, the old man Warner blamed for Mr. Adam that “Listening to the young folks, nothing's good enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while (The Lottery, 1948, pg. 31).” By this part, the old man Warner was not about to stop the tradition and people were not to be disobeyed by Warner’s warning (The Lottery, 1948).
As seen above, both of these stories – The Hunger Games and The Lottery - have a difference, but there are some similarities. Even though The Hunger Games and The Lottery have each different purpose; former