The Lottery vs. The Most Dangerous Game Brandy N. Frazier ENGL 102-B01 Professor Yaw Liberty University APA Outline I. The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell and The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson share a common theme which is showing the darker side of humans, that humans possess evil tendencies and that the morals of people can be corrupted. Connell and Jackson show us that injustice and cruelty in society can be accepted as a normal behavior. II.
This issue has just not been common in the past decade; in fact, in 1802 there was a bored meeting in Detroit to help stop the problem of fires and had appointed inspectors to find out the causes of them. With this so called "protection plan" the city of Detroit was burnt to the ground in 1805. (7) 1980 the city of Detroit had a huge problem with night fires, calling it Devil’s Night fires. Devil’s Night fire was a backfire of trying to end arson in the 1980s. The mayor had restricted children under the age of 18 to have a curfew of 6 o’clock.
The black box which is the appliance to put the lottery tickets in was old and dilapidated. “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done.” They are not think the ceremony will really help with their crops, the only importance with this ceremony are hurt and kill the people in their village. I felt pity for these people. They are so savage, wild, woolly and uncivilized. They never try to stop the killing and hurting even they know that may have themselves killed on the sacrifice.
The lottery is a reaper of some sort that every year, claims the life of an innocent soul. Jackson confuses the reader with her lively tone, but reels them back in with the small, but meaningful gestures and comments from the town’s people. The villagers accept this form of death because it is the only thing that they know. The tradition of the lottery has been drilled down for so long that Old Man Warner, the oldest of the town, doesn’t know any better. Another form of symbolism is the black box that sits upon the three-legged stool.
The connection this shows that Paul’s eyes gives us truth as his eyes turn black, having similarities towards death. In the story “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, we start to hear things throughout the house;“There has to be more money”(Pg1) because they have no money. “They would
In life there is a death, or two that occur. Death is not literal in its definition or nature, but is a state. Two stories capture this stigmatic though in whole, through character observation. “A Rose For Emily”, by William Faulkner, is a story that draws you into the characters’ trials and tribulations to instigate the assumption of death. The other story, “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe, draws you in with a child-like mentality of revenge and hostility to shut out the erroneous belief of kindness in the man’s heart.
Central to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is the theme of injustice. In both texts, the theme of injustice is present, due to societies failure to question superstitious beliefs and tradition resulting in inhumane treatments. The societies in both texts, adhere on tradition and superstitious beliefs regardless of the harmful effects it may cause. Fundamentally, it portrays human kind’s vagueness concerning the purpose of their actions, being more alarmed about tradition and rituals. Failure to this, leads to harsh penalties and measures towards the main characters, John Proctor and Tessie Hutchinson.
Christina Penh English 2 Honors September 6, 2011 Characterization Ruth was a Jewish immigrant to the United States. Ruth and her family couldn’t make a living that way, her father was always trying to capitalize on his distinction as a rabbi. So they decided to settle down in Suffolk, Virginia and opened general store. Ruth's father, Tateh, was racist and he overcharged colored people. Ruth rejected all of her fathers unfavorable opinions and decided to bond with the black people in her town.
Where he stood a little apart from his family. Not looking down at his hand. The color black can represent sadness, mourning, and fear. Every time the box is mentioned before they find out which family has to choose a slip of paper, the box is always preceded with the word black, showing the readers that this box isn’t taken lightly by the villagers, and is a symbol of the death that could so easily be theirs. Word choice [Mr. Summers and Mr. Adams] grinned at one another humorlessly and nervously.
Arrie A. Bateman, III 4 February 2013 English 102/014 Essay #1 The rhythmic construction noises outside your home prevent you from getting those extra five minutes of sleep. The noise is a result of the deteriorating houses on your street being renovated for the wealthier residents to move in replacing the previous low-class owners. This is the idea of gentrification. Over the years the descriptions of gentrification have encompassed racial overtones as a result of the certain neighborhoods being redeveloped. These neighborhoods are predominately black with other minorities in the mix while he majority of the new neighbors are white.