Friday, May 18, 2012

Control


In the year of the 1800's and 1900's, men and woman were not always considered equal. Men were considered better and higher than woman. In the short story, " The Lottery" it proves that woman were treated very poorly, and many things were done to them for no reason. 

First off, the overal theme in this story is power and control.   I thought this because there are many events that happen throughout the story that show the men are in charge in the society they lived in. one example I thought of was that the children in the story only listened to their fathers. Another example is the people started killing a woman once a man said they could. This is why control is the one of the main themes in this story. 

Secondly, I would compare this book to the hunger games. The hunger games does not show that men have more control over woman, but it shows how the society is unfair, just like the lottery. 

In conclusion, the lottery has a lot of themes, but control is definitely one of them. It has the same plot as hunger games, but not the same theme. This book has many events that prove that men have control.

2 comments:

  1. Avery this is a very good short piece I liked how you started it with talking about the 1800's. One thing that you could fix would be use a little more detail in places. Other than that it was good and you could turn that in for a better score on something if you used a little more detail!!

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  2. Avery! This is so good! I love how you used transition words and I love your introduction! I think you could explain a little more, but overall it was great :)

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