Analysis Of The Book ' The Lottery '

Analysis Of The Book ' The Lottery '

Austin Walker

Erickson

English 12

20 November 2014

Blind Tradition Every society in the modern world has some form of tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation, and no matter what the custom is, people will continue to follow it due to the human nature to resist change. Even if there is an urge for change, it will likely be suppressed and seen as an act of rebellion as most people follow tradition simply because "that's just how it is", and never seem to question why. Suzanne Collin's novel The Hunger Games and Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" best illustrate this point by showing how a violent annual tradition affects a society and its innocent people. The Hunger Games has such uncanny similarities to "The Lottery" that it almost seems as if Collins used Jackson's story as a source of inspiration for her novel. Both The Hunger Games and "The Lottery" are extremely similar thematically in the sense that sheepishly following tradition can often be detrimental to society because it can lead to adverse consequences such as death, ignorance, and a society with no desire to change. Although both works are very much identical, the primary distinguishing characteristics are the setting and tone. "The Lottery" takes place in a small village with about three hundred inhabitants, while The Hunger Games involves a much larger post–apocalyptic world consisting of thirteen districts known as Panem. In "The Lottery", the introduction presents itself

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