characters in Shirley Jackson’s, “The Lottery” as citizens enter their name into a drawing to receive a stoning by their fellow town members. This grotesque tradition reveals that human nature is capable of adhering to outrageous traditions and betraying others as a means of self preservation; while death provides the final clarity of what is “fair”. What makes an entire town enter in a drawing to kill one of its innocent citizens? Tradition unquestioningly passed down by leaders. Jackson suggests that
Station Eleven as a Dystopian Within the pages of Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel states, “First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered” (187). Therein lies the truth of Station Eleven. This novel tells the tale of the Symphony, one of the final bastions of pre-apocalyptic culture in Mandel’s post-apocalyptic wasteland, as its members desperately try to preserve culture through Shakespearean plays and orchestral recitals