Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Lottery

“The Lottery”, written by Shirley Jackson, and The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, have many similarities yet some differences. Both have many characteristics that are alike and themes that are similar. Each story has a historical, social, and economic idea of their time. The both deal with problems society and violence have.

Both stories illustrate the consequences of blindly following traditions. In The Hunger Games, the story is based on twenty-four youth tributes from various districts being chosen to compete in the games. They are forced to kill one another while people from their districts watch in horror. The people that lived in these districts feared of being chosen to participate in the annual Hunger Games. The Capitol residents watch the traditional hunger games as entertainment. If people decide to bell against the Treaty of Treason, created by the Capitol, they would be executed in front of their district or the entire country of Panel. Likewise the villagers in “The Lottery” also lived in fear that one day they would be chosen to be stoned to death. In “The Lottery” citizens came together every year to participate in the lottery. Families are drawn and whichever family member picks out the piece of paper with a black dot, will get

Unlike The Hunger Games published in 2008, taken place in an arena with districts. In 2008, a certain change had occurred in America, we had our very first African American President. This situation affected many people. Many rebelled and lots of protest occurred because they did not want to accept this change. Many people have related this story to the time period this story was published. During the early 2000’s people were expressing the way they were. In The Hunger Games Katniss rebelled against the Capitol. She unlike others noticed she needed to rebel in order for others to listen and understand that this tradition needs to