short stories, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. In these short stories, tradition has several negative consequences.Tradition negatively effects the protagonists, their families, and the society. Firstly, Tradition has tragic effects on the protagonists in both stories. For example, in "The Lottery," Tessie is a victim of a cruel tradition of getting stoned to death. She is left in the square to beg and repeat, "It isn't fair"(Jackson 302). She is powerless
differently. It is shown in the short stories, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. In these short stories, the idea of tradition vs. change where tradition wins by a long margin, play's a very important role as it has several negative consequences on the protagonists. Similarly, change does not occur in the two stories,though Tradition vs. Change effects the protagonists, their families, and the society. Firstly, Tradition vs. Change has tragic effect's
Literature sometimes mirrors society. Authors express their opinion on political issues through their writing. They write stories that are a reflection of what’s happing in society at the time. They do it to put a lens on the issue. There are a few lenses through which political reading can be read. There is race, gender, class, and postcolonial theories. Each of these theories are political issues that our society has faced. This paper will focus on the postcolonial theory. Through a postcolonial