Have you ever noticed how some books have the same implications? How some of the novel may be the same? Like The Lottery and The Hunger Games, these two have entirely different circumstances but one makes you ponder the other. The Hunger Games and The Lottery are very alike in themes, but are very different in their storylines.
The author of The Lottery, Shirley Jackson, got her idea from the town she lived in when writing the story. She admits that the town gave her the idea, “It is in North Bennington where she wrote “The Lottery,” and Jackson has admitted that the village served as a model for the setting of the story” (The Lottery). People she knew stated that the town she lived in gave her inspiration for the story, “After the story …show more content…
The book makes them feel betrayed by their elders. The young adults and teenagers feel that it is the elders fault that that’s where they are in their lives. “Fisher’s interpretation of the novel emphasized the class warfare and disabling alienation created by a culture of conspicuous consumption and proposed that the story points towards the possibility of a different future -- if young people accept the need for collective action modeled in the series.” …show more content…
In this short story, there are people being sacrificed for crops. The story surprises you because you don’t even realize the violence till the end, “While the stoning is a cruel and brutal act, Jackson enhances its emotional impact by setting the story in a seemingly civilized and peaceful society.” (The Lottery). The society seems peaceful and it seems like any other small town. Making it seem so peaceful leaves a larger impact with the reader, “This suggests that horrifying acts of violence can take place anywhere at anytime, and they can be committed by the most ordinary people”. (The Lottery). People in this kind of society cannot stand alone or they will most likely be punished, “Jackson also addresses the psychology behind mass cruelty by presenting a community whose citizens refuse to stand as individuals and oppose the lottery and who instead unquestioningly take part in the killing of an innocent and accepted member of their village with no apparent grief or remorse.” People would rather stay with the group than stand alone. Hunger Games is also very
The author of The Lottery, Shirley Jackson, got her idea from the town she lived in when writing the story. She admits that the town gave her the idea, “It is in North Bennington where she wrote “The Lottery,” and Jackson has admitted that the village served as a model for the setting of the story” (The Lottery). People she knew stated that the town she lived in gave her inspiration for the story, “After the story …show more content…
The book makes them feel betrayed by their elders. The young adults and teenagers feel that it is the elders fault that that’s where they are in their lives. “Fisher’s interpretation of the novel emphasized the class warfare and disabling alienation created by a culture of conspicuous consumption and proposed that the story points towards the possibility of a different future -- if young people accept the need for collective action modeled in the series.” …show more content…
In this short story, there are people being sacrificed for crops. The story surprises you because you don’t even realize the violence till the end, “While the stoning is a cruel and brutal act, Jackson enhances its emotional impact by setting the story in a seemingly civilized and peaceful society.” (The Lottery). The society seems peaceful and it seems like any other small town. Making it seem so peaceful leaves a larger impact with the reader, “This suggests that horrifying acts of violence can take place anywhere at anytime, and they can be committed by the most ordinary people”. (The Lottery). People in this kind of society cannot stand alone or they will most likely be punished, “Jackson also addresses the psychology behind mass cruelty by presenting a community whose citizens refuse to stand as individuals and oppose the lottery and who instead unquestioningly take part in the killing of an innocent and accepted member of their village with no apparent grief or remorse.” People would rather stay with the group than stand alone. Hunger Games is also very