"The Lottery": Analysis

     Through the entirety of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, I cannot help but to make a compariso of this short story to The Hunger Games.  In this piece, this traditional drawing is presented as festive and welcoming.  The towns people come and "... greet[ed] one another and exchang[ed] bits of gossip…" (Jackson). However, the citizens of this town have not the slightest idea of the wickedness that lurks in the lottery.  Although this event happens each year and is treated almost as a holiday, people seems to feel a little bothered and uncomfortable by it.  With the whole concept of the lottery, my mind draws to The Hunger Games from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.  The Hunger Games is an event held each year by a power that is superior over the citizens.  These games upset the individuals in districts, but are looked at as a celebration in the capital.  Like in The Lottery, The Hunger Games draw names.  In both works, the names drawn experience death.  In The Hunger Games, each tribute eithers watches someone die, murders another, or experiences death itself.  In The Lottery, the person whose name is drawn receives the prize of death by family and friends.