Ernest Hemingway’s, “Hills Like White Elephants” and Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery” are both very similar pieces of literatures. In both stories, the belief by the characters is what dictates most the story. In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants”, we are introduced too two characters; an American and a woman, whom he calls ‘Jig’ who are at a train station in middle of vast valley in Spain. In the beginning of the story, the woman indicates that the hills on the horizon
Shirley Jackson is recognized by her stories and novels of Gothic horror. She was born in San Francisco, California on December the 14, 1916. Passion towards writing is something she possessed since her early teenage years; during her time at the University of Rochester and Syracuse, Jackson took part in editing the campus literacy magazine among other things. After, Jackson graduates from the University, she started to write short stories for The New Yorker. In The New Yorker, she wrote short stories
The Lottery Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is centered on a small town in 1948. The story begins with a beautiful summer day setting; the town is gathering in the square for what appears to be an important event. Though it may seem like a happy celebration from the beginning of the story, it begins to show very small glimpses of the dark undertone that the story brings. Jackson’s short story is not an average horror story but a powerful representation of the concept of brutality and ignorance
sometimes love is a mirage, the enchanting emotion individuals experience when in love, may just be a lie they created for themselves. Javan’s perspective applies to Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”, “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, and finally “Funeral Blues” by Wystan Hugh Auden. All these authors reach a consensus in their stories and share the common theme, which is that illusion of love leads to destruction in people’s lives. In Fitzgerald’s work, Gatsby
utilized throughout different ministries by different people. In both Shirley Jackson’s short story ”The Lottery” and Suzanne Collins’s 374 page novel ”The Hunger Games,” citizens participate in traditions involving the sacrifice of innocent human life with silence as a common acknowledgment. However, characterization and gesture in the texts portray the difference between the stories with similar themes; The citizens in ”The Lottery” blindly accept the old tradition using their silence as a mark of