"If you push the button," Mr. Steward told him, "somewhere in the world someone you don't know will die. In return for which you will receive a payment of $50,000.” –Button Button by Ricard Matheson "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone."- The Lottery by Shirley Jackson These two charismatic short stories called The Lottery and Button Button, are written engagingly about different murders, but diverse in the way the murders occur. One major similarity in these two stories are the mystery boxes in each story that shows symbolism. The Major difference between the two short stories are the sense of which the murders occur by tradition opposed to one’s selfishness.
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In “Button Button,” the man named Arthur Lewis dies in a sudden tragic accident, pushed from the platform to in front of a train. Ironically, he dies from the accident right after his wife pushed the mysterious button that will kill a random stranger. This compares to “The Lottery,” by having a little girl dying by other people choices. The little girl Tessie saw that she had picked the card with a black dot on it. Furthermore knowing she is the unlucky person for death that year in the lottery. The Difference between these two twisted deaths is the different conflicts the characters have to experience. “The Lottery,” is a Man vs. Society, meaning every citizen of the village is a part of the cruel violence of a dedicated day of the year. Other conflicts such as Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, happen in the other story by the wife facing the decision over money or …show more content…
“Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone."-The Lottery. The ending of this story is so shocking, and gives you a resentment toward the antagonist in the story. Similar to “Button Button,” the ending revels the true meaning, "You said I wouldn't know the one that died!" "My dear lady," Mr. Steward said. "Do you really think you knew your husband?" The connection between the two endings are similar in the way it leaves the
In “Button Button,” the man named Arthur Lewis dies in a sudden tragic accident, pushed from the platform to in front of a train. Ironically, he dies from the accident right after his wife pushed the mysterious button that will kill a random stranger. This compares to “The Lottery,” by having a little girl dying by other people choices. The little girl Tessie saw that she had picked the card with a black dot on it. Furthermore knowing she is the unlucky person for death that year in the lottery. The Difference between these two twisted deaths is the different conflicts the characters have to experience. “The Lottery,” is a Man vs. Society, meaning every citizen of the village is a part of the cruel violence of a dedicated day of the year. Other conflicts such as Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, happen in the other story by the wife facing the decision over money or …show more content…
“Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. “It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone."-The Lottery. The ending of this story is so shocking, and gives you a resentment toward the antagonist in the story. Similar to “Button Button,” the ending revels the true meaning, "You said I wouldn't know the one that died!" "My dear lady," Mr. Steward said. "Do you really think you knew your husband?" The connection between the two endings are similar in the way it leaves the