Charles And The Lottery Comparison Essay

Everyone has a different set of criteria when they decide whether a piece of writing is good or not. I have my own criteria as well. Although there are so many elements that influence an impression of a piece of writing, I narrowed it down to three; Is it open to various interpretations? Is it easy to understand? Is it realistic?

For Desdemona, I chose “Palette” because it’s a very soft song and the perfect type for

While Mr. Summers speaks frequently of change, whether it be trading the old shabby box for a new one or replacing the wood chips with slips of paper, he seems to never be appreciated of. On the other side “ Mr. Graves made up the slips of paper and put them in the box, and it was then taken to the safe of Mr. Summers.” , the symbolism behind Mr. Graves writing all those paper sheets describes how death sets up traps for the innocent to fall into, and eventually they will be in the arms of death itself. “The Lottery“ is a short story written by Shirley Jackson, which talks about a village whose members have been taking part in a twisted ritual called “The Lottery” and it has been going on for decades. It takes place in a small village in the middle of nowhere and seems to be just like any normal village around the world. In Shirley Jackson's Short “ The Lottery“ she uses the Black Box as a symbol for ritual homicide as part of the villages community which creates expectations throughout the town, promoting opinions and questioning each

The imagery of the black box in “The Lottery” provides readers a descriptive explanation of one of the most important objects in the story; making it clear to see that the Black box is an asset to the tradition. As the author is describing the black box , it is clear to see that it is old and worn out. One out of the numerous descriptions that were provided about the black box was that it was “splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color, and in some places faded or stained.” This simply states that the black box has been around for many generations since the beginning of the lottery. It also shows how the original tradition has over the years; lost its original meaning, and the participants still do not question the idea of stoning individuals in their community.

The protagonist of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and a ghoul are very similar as both share an unhealthy interest in death and disaster. Although the old man had never insulted or wronged the protagonist, the protagonist of the story still kills the old man just because he had pale blue eyes that made the protagonists blood run cold. Like a ghoul, the protagonist of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the ghoul can almost sense disaster as the protagonist of “The Tell-Tale Heart” claims that he can hear all things from both heaven and hell. The protagonist also claims to sense the beating of a heart. They both do anything they can to kill.

The final indication focused on in the story is the

A Deeper Taste of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe tells a story of committing the perfect murder out of revenge in his short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Poe captures his audience by using the elements of setting, dialogue and characterization in the horrific tale. Often times, the dispute with setting refers to whether the story is set in France or Italy (Reynolds 183). This is not as important, however, as the setting of Montresor’s home. It is completely empty with only Montresor and Fortunado, no attendants.

The Logical side of the brain is constantly pulling apart the arguments of the people around you looking for flaws or gaps. This was perhaps the least developed rhetorical device in “Duty, Honor, Country” not until almost the final paragraph does MacArthur begin listing facts. Mentioning the financials needed in war in only two clear instances. Moreover, the only other cold hard fact mentioned is the death tolls which seemed to be more directed at the reader's emotions than at their logical

(Jackson 114) in which stoning is ancient and one that costs a great deal of punishment. Not only getting stoned is a terrible way to imagine death, it is indeed and always will be known as a crowd-generated death. During the time when the lottery is drawn and the winner is selected to be stoned, the stones are permitted for everyone in the village to contribute freely in the ritual. These stones that get used signifies as murder weapons. Stoning is one of the oldest and most mutual forms of killing, the method of eliminating a citizen at the end of the story was certainly not a random choice

Though essential to them, the townsfolk are unaware and begin to question why they continue to participate in such the barbaric ritual of selecting a villager at random, and stoning them to death. Peer pressure and conformity are the reasons that the clear majority of these villagers are participating. One of the frightening elements of this tradition, is that it seems eternal. The townsfolk are unaware of the origin of “The Lottery”, and by the sounds of Old Man Warner practically forcing the townsfolk to allow the ritual to continue, there seems to be no end in sight. The lack of knowledge about the tradition, shows just how strong the tradition has become.

Harrison Bergeron and The Lottery both have a sort of calm tone throughout the stories. The Lottery starts off with a warm, welcoming tone, then evolves to a more detached The serious tone of the stories lead you away from thinking that the two societies are anything but normal. While each story ends jarringly the tones are oddly deadpan; both of the stories end with the characters brushing off the death of a loved one. A cold, chilling, or creepy tone would have taken away from the surprise ending.

Equality broke the law of no being with everybody, and not being in the place he was suppose to be at, he also didn’t report it straight to the council like he was suppose too. Conformity took place here because he didn’t report it to the council like he was suppose to and broke the laws. “It was a great tunnel. The walls were hard and smooth to the touch, it felt like stone but it was not stone.” (Rand 32).

George’s conflict was because of Lennie’s foolish acts but that did not affect the theme of the book. The failing action for the realistic book, Of Mice and Men, was when Lennie caused George a lot of troubles, and George ended up killing Lennie. Similar to that in the book of Harrison Bergeron the conflict was that everyone is forced to be equal, but the only way to be equal is by using the handicaps, which is not fair for everyone. The ballet announced to the audience, “Harrison Bergeron, age fourteen,” she said in a grackle squawk, “has just escaped from jail, where he was held on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. He is a genius and an athlete, is under–handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous” (Vonnegut).

“Mr. Summers hints at other negative consequences of the lottery when he says,” ‘guess we better get started, get this over with, so’s we can go back to work,’ The lottery ritual contributes nothing to the village, it only serves as a distraction from everyday village life”(Schneiderman 881). Mr. Summers apparently is one of the villagers that realize the negative consequences of the lottery and it should be stopped. “As I mention before, the detrimental effects of a tradition are easier to see when we are not part of that tradition ourselves. Thus, it is easy for us to condemn the lottery and its ritualistic murder of innocent victims” (Crawford 879). “The Lottery” is a perfect illustration of society values and how people feel as though they should always get what they want no matter who suffers in the