Similarities And Differences In The Lottery, By Charles Dickens

Today we will be talking about the similarities and differences of two stories both written by the same author. Those stories go by the name of “The Lottery,” and “Charles.” Some similarities consist of a Plot twist, or dialogue, or even Foreshadowing. The differences consist of Symbolism, Static character, and Tone. We will go over the differences later but now let’s go over the similarities. We will start it off with a Plot Twist. In “The Lottery” for instance, the plot twist turned out to be a darker one than expected. You would expect that if someone wins “The Lottery” they would win some great prize or fortunes beyond their imagination right? That is where the Plot Twist comes in. The author made this story to creep out people in a sense, it’s purpose is to scare you. …show more content…
There was another boy by the name of Laurie who told his mother these bad choices that Charles made. The plot twist comes in at the end when the mother is at a PTA meeting and meets Laurie’s teacher and asks about Charles. The Teacher responded with “We don’t have a Charles in this kindergarten.” So in conclusion Laurie is this Charles figure who he made up to cover for his actions. Another similarity is Dialogue. Dialogue was in both stories, like for instance in “The Lottery.” When they drew cards for the Lottery all of the women were whispering to each other about who had the Black Dot. The Dialogue in “Charles” consisted of Laurie and his mother and father talking about Charles. Foreshadowing is also another similarity between the two stories. Foreshadowing is when the author gives clues as to what’s going to happen next. So in The Lottery, it gave off clues as to how it was going to end because When Bill Hutchinson has received the Black Dot on his piece of paper it had stated that he was silent, and he