Shirley
Jackson's short story "The Lottery" and 's short story "" do share a
similarity in theme, particularly in terms of questioning the Status Quo, and the tolerance of
counterproductive social practices for the sake of obedience. There is also a similarity in that
both stories show two very homogeneous societies that aim to maintain their unity through common
practices that lead more to cause fear than to lead towards change. Furthermore, in the process
of maintaining these traditions, both societies remain stagnant.
In
"The Lottery" we find a village which is blinded by the fact that they have maintained
an old practice without even questioning its purpose, nor its rationale. The practice, which is
to carry out a lottery in which the "winner" will be stoned to death, is narrated in
the story as an everyday occurrence that, to this day, nobody has ever questioned- even as
morbid and inhumane as it is.
The people of the village
began to gather...
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