Comparison of the Lottery and the Story of an Hour
Comparison of The Lottery and The Story of an Hour
“The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin; this story was about a wife who was told that her husband had died. The wife went through many emotions but the main emotion she went through upon hearing about her husband’s death was elation. She felt free from his presence in her life, but at the same time, she also felt sadness. She did not feel sadness for her husband’s death. She felt the sadness for her happiness about his death. “When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!” (The Story of an Hour, by Kathy Chopin). In this excerpt the writer describes how Mrs. Mallard was feeling about the death of her husband. “But now there was a dull stare in her eye, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.” This quotation appears after Mrs. Mallard goes to her room to be alone with her thoughts. This quote gives us insight into how Mrs. Mallard feelings are developing about the death if her husband. She sees something completely different than what someone else would see after finding out their husband has died suddenly.
"The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson; this story is about rituals. The townspeople gather every year on June 27th. The townspeople have many emotions toward their yearly ritual. They feel apprehension, excitement, anticipations, sadness and relief. In this story, the Lottery is to pick someone in the town that must be stoned to death to maintain their yearly ritual. The person that wins after the motions of picking pieces of paper out of a box happens to be the late comer to the Event. “Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet
“The Story of an Hour”, by Kate Chopin; this story was about a wife who was told that her husband had died. The wife went through many emotions but the main emotion she went through upon hearing about her husband’s death was elation. She felt free from his presence in her life, but at the same time, she also felt sadness. She did not feel sadness for her husband’s death. She felt the sadness for her happiness about his death. “When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!” (The Story of an Hour, by Kathy Chopin). In this excerpt the writer describes how Mrs. Mallard was feeling about the death of her husband. “But now there was a dull stare in her eye, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.” This quotation appears after Mrs. Mallard goes to her room to be alone with her thoughts. This quote gives us insight into how Mrs. Mallard feelings are developing about the death if her husband. She sees something completely different than what someone else would see after finding out their husband has died suddenly.
"The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson; this story is about rituals. The townspeople gather every year on June 27th. The townspeople have many emotions toward their yearly ritual. They feel apprehension, excitement, anticipations, sadness and relief. In this story, the Lottery is to pick someone in the town that must be stoned to death to maintain their yearly ritual. The person that wins after the motions of picking pieces of paper out of a box happens to be the late comer to the Event. “Soon the men began to gather, surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet