The Hunger Games vs. the Lottery

Compare and Contrast: The Hunger Games vs. “The Lottery” The Hunger Games and “The Lottery” are two different stories that have similarities and differences. Depending on the plots and story lines of both they might have more similarities than differences or more differences than similarities. Breaking it up into three different topics is very helpful when comparing and contrasting these two stories. There are three aspects that are going to be covered. Aspect one is a comparison between both of the stories and the people in them blindly following traditions. Aspect two is contrasting the rituals themselves. Aspect three is comparison of the people who don’t want traditions to change. These three aspects are going to help differentiate the differences and similarities between these two stories.
Firstly, aspect one is a comparison of blindly following traditions in both of these stories. In The Hunger Games every year there is a reaping and twenty-four tributes are chosen to compete in the games. By the end of the games twenty-three tributes are dead. There is also no rebellion against the Treaty of Treason. If people rebel against the treaty then will be executed in front of their district or the entire country of Panem. At the end of the games all of the Tributes chosen have died and then Peeta and Katniss rebel against the capital in order to stay together.
In continuation, aspect one will be the comparison of “The Lottery.” In “The Lottery” every year one of the citizens in the town is stoned to death. No one is allowed to help them and even their family is supposed to stone them. Everyone comes to the town square to participate. Those who are late are embarrassed and teased by the rest of the citizens. The only way you are not able to participate is if you are sick or injured but even then you have to be present during the stoning. The person selected for the stoning is the only one that rebels and has no help to survive. With these details the stories