...The Lottery vs the Destructors Thesis In Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery”, and Graham Greene’s “The Destructors”, the author creates a story filled with symbolism, irony, grim reality, and a ritualized tradition that masks evil, which ultimately showcases how people blindly follow tradition. Outline I. Introduction II. Setting B. Time Period III. Plot A. What messages are seen in both stories IV. Characters A. Main Characters B. Traits of Characters V. Tone of Stories VI. Conclusion Comparison and Contrast of The Lottery and The Destructors W. Goode English102 Liberty University Comparison and Contrast of The Lottery and The Destructors The Lottery and The Destructors are two remarkable representatives of the world literature. The authors of these two literary pieces are Shirley Jackson, and Graham Greene, in accordance, who hide the true meaning of their stories behind ironic depictions and comic pictures. Although The Lottery, as well as The Destructors transports the reader into a particularly different from each other fictional world, characters in these short stories equally undergo influence of their surroundings or society. Shirley Jackson and Graham Greene portrayed a clear picture as to how society might easily and sorely impacted the people that live in it. Thus, heroes of The Lottery and The Destructors remain under the influence of what has taken place around them, and their attitude towards everyday life is...
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...Prohaska Dr. Suzanne Penner 201340 Fall 2013 ENGL 102-B06 LUO 20 August 2013 Comparison of the Lottery and the Destructors: Settings * Compare the settings of each story to each other. * Could the settings have been changed and the punch of the story still be there? * The symbolism of the settings * How does the settings affect the story? The significance of setting is it sets the mental time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. The settings in of each of these stories could not be more different. The exploration of each of these scenarios is worth exploring in likeness to each other. What if the settings were changed? Could the same dynamic be achieved if the settings were different? What if any type of symbolism is deeply rooted in the setting? Is it made to make us think or feel a certain way or is it just there for the stories’ sake? What is achieved by the settings? How do we feel? Does it lead to the shocking end or sad comment at the prologue of the story? The Lottery The setting set forth by Shirley Jackson in the beginning of The Lottery creates a mood of peacefulness and tranquility. This setting also creates an image in the mind of the reader, the image of a typical town on a normal summer day. Furthermore, Shirley Jackson uses the setting in The Lottery to foretell an ironic ending. The Lottery begins with setting right from the get go: the time of day, the place, and time of year in which...
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...“The Destructors” and “The Lottery” Fiction Essay Introduction Some may say that we are, as human beings, a violent people by nature. We see it in our own history of wars and genocide that the violence in us can grow to extreme proportions. These two stories, “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, show us that some of the violence can be brought on by people simply following blindly. Whether we look at the past or the present, these two short stories, show us the mob mentality can be very dangerous. The long dead tradition of “The Lottery” tells of the town people forgetting most of the different parts of the tradition because it takes too long, or is not feasible. The one part they never forgot was the violent murder of one of their own people because of an old tradition that sacrifices a scapegoat each year. In “The Destructors”, a grand home still standing in a war-torn England would never have been torn down by a gang of teens if they weren’t following blindly, the one person leading the group, and succumbing to peer pressure. This shows that all it takes is a single person, or an old tradition that can convince a group to commit unnecessary violence. Greene’s book “The Destructors”, and Jacksons “The Lottery”, both show pointless acts of violence brought on by an individual that has people following them or a group of people following a long dead tradition. These acts of senseless violence could have been avoided if...
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...the elements of themes, symbolism, and characterization. I. Theme A. Preservation of history B. Destruction of history II. Symbolism A. Black box - Symbol of the way things have always been, and the way people settle into doing things the way they were taught rather than thinking for themselves B. House - Symbol of the way things have always been, there is always an upper class, there is always corruption III. Characterization A. Tessie 1. Jokes around, vocal about opinions 2. Backed by feeling of injustice B. Trevor 1. Quiet, withdrawn, appears indifferent, schemes on his own 2. Backed by feelings of bitterness Both “The Destructors,” by Graham Greene, and “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson offer insight to the limited wisdom of man, as well as his stubbornness and sin nature. When man is left to his own devices and limited knowledge, destruction is sure to follow. The result of human folly is shown in both stories, which contain similarities and differences through the elements of theme, symbolism, and characterization. Although in both stories the prevailing theme is that of established history, one sets out to destroy history and the other seeks to change it for the better. Steve Maraboli stated, “Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” This is a revelation that Trevor should have come to, but he...
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...FICTION ESSAY Robert Martinez ENGL 102-D14 April 7, 2014 By reading Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Graham Greene’s “The Destructors,” the reader is transported into two different stories where the characters are affected by their surroundings or society in a negative and horrific fashion. The authors paint a clear picture as to how society (the way it was, it is or could be), easily and harshly affects the people that live in it. They are marked, impacted and forever affected by what has taken place around them, and their character and attitude towards everyday life is created by the very circumstances they find themselves. The setting, tone, and overall theme, found in these two short stories expose the reader to these unfortunate transitions of attitudes (or lack thereof) over generations. The setting of Graham’s “The Destructors” takes place in a war torn England at the end of World War II, “on the eve of August Bank Holiday.” A group or “gang” of young boys meet in an impromptu car park. They are known as the Wormsley Common Gang and are led by their new gang leader “T”. Mr. Thomas’ (or Old Misery as the gang calls him) house is the focus of the gang’s disapproval of anything valuable in their society. Their mind can only fathom destruction, ruin and rubble and so to save Mr. Thomas from his “misery” they make plans to destroy anything that is beautiful, starting with his house. Unlike their parents, who perhaps had the opportunity to experience the beauty of...
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...English 102 Conflict in Two Times In the short stories, The Lottery, and The Destructors, there are many parallels to be found. Both accounts share a common theme of despair and evil. Similarly, each short story is in the third person point of view which allows the reader to gain insight into what the characters are doing in an objective manner. Even though the events told are set in very different settings and eras, both tales still show that man is a sinner and, without God’s grace, can carry out dreadful deeds, like murder. “The Lottery” is a short story in which the theme of despair and fear is predominant. The story is set in a small town were the people are slowly drawing names for a horrible prize. “A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat…” (Jackson, 1948) This quote shows the fear and tenseness surrounding the setting of drawing names and the reader knows something horrible is looming. The plot begins to thicken as the people continue to draw from the hat. Jackson expresses this with statements such as “Seems like we were just doing this last week,” and “Time sure goes fast.” (Jackson, 1948) The fear not only continues to grow but as the reader one is completely wrapped up in what drastic thing is going to happen. This unknown ending is found in many short stories, such as “The Destructors”, where the reader is shocked by what happened. The characters play an important role in bringing out the conflict to...
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...This deals with the contrast of the two novels. Outcome: - losing a human -losing a home Conclusion: In the conclusion, I would sum everything up. Conflict: -Tension -Brutality -outcome of both novels Compare and contrast essay’s are when you emphasize similarities and differences between two sources. These essay’s give readers clear understanding of specific information that may have not been noticeable while reading the text.(Baack) These essay’s can also reveal the theme, irony, and curtain characterizations that our found in a novel. In this case, conflict will be the focus while comparing and contrasting two novels. Reading the short stories “The Destructors” by Graham Greene and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, it was sure that the two stories had their similarities and differences involving the conflicts that took place in the novels. While both “The...
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...The Lottery Summary: A village of 300 people has an annual tradition called the lottery, which is conducted by Mr. Summers. In the beginning, the children are gather stones until their parents call them. Everyone in the village participates in the lottery. The first round narrows it down to a family. Mr. Hutchinson gets the dot, but Tessie protests, saying that he didn't have enough time to choose. But she's denied. Next Tessie tries to have her daughter included in the second round in order to decrease her chances of getting the dot. Again she's denied because her daughter is married. Then in the second round Tessie draws the slip with the dot. Finally all the villagers throw stones at her. Presumably she dies. Children gathering stones: later the stones will be used to kill Tessie. Children are usually innocent, but these kids are gathering the stones to kill Tessie. Makes us question their innocence. -Process was fair and objective Random. -Tradition is unfair. But why doesn't Tessie leave? Thinks she won't be chosen? Old and shabby. Symbol of the lottery's tradition. No one thinks it should be changed though. They're passive. People are impersonal and cannot imagine being chosen. So they don't try to change it. Black is associated with Death. People keep their distance. Warner says "Lottery in June, Corn be heavy soon." If they do the lottery, then they'll have more food for the harvest Superstition: Town has lots of food. Must be because of the Lottery. / correlation...
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...Statement, p. 162 Using an if/else Statement, p. 172 Using an if/else if Statement, p. 175 Solving the Time Calculator Problem, p. 236 The while Loop, p. 249 The for Loop, p. 263 Nested Loops, p. 277 Solving the Ocean Levels Problem, p. 299 Defining and Calling Functions, p. 306 Using Function Arguments, p. 316 Value-Returning Functions, p. 326 Solving the Markup Problem, p. 380 Creating a Class, p. 391 Creating and Using Class Objects, p. 393 Creating and Using Structures, p. 436 Solving the Car Class Problem, p. 480 Accessing Array Elements, p. 487 Passing an Array to a Function, p. 517 Two-Dimensional Arrays, p. 526 Solving the Chips and Salsa Problem, p. 567 Performing a Binary Search, p. 580 Sorting a Set of Data, p. 587 Solving the Lottery Winners Problem, p. 616 (continued on next page) Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 LOCATION OF VIDEONOTES IN THE TEXT Chapter 10 Pointer Variables, p. 621 Dynamically Allocating an Array, p. 645 Solving the Days in Current Month Problem, p. 676 (continued) Chapter 11 Operator Overloading, p. 704 Aggregation and Composition, p. 734 Overriding Base Class Functions, p. 755 Solving the Number of Days Worked Problem, p. 768 Converting Strings to Numbers, p. 788 Writing a C-String Handling Function, p. 800 Solving the Backward...
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