The Lottery: A Literary Analysis

Dying seems to be a very common theme in these stories weather it’s physically or emotionally. That’s where Shakespeare’s famous quote from Hamlet, “To Be or Not To Be” comes into play.
In “What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish” Sergei kills Yonatan because he believed Yonatan would steal his best friend. Sergei loves the fish dearly but the fish does not feel the same way. As time goes on the more the fish is becoming annoyed and ignorant towards Sergei. Since Sergei is lonely he wants to keep the fish even longer to make him feel like he has company. That takes us back to when Sergei killed Yonatan. The fish was beginning to get excited because he knew that Sergei would use his last wish and then he can be free. Even Sergei could see the fishes face and see that he could taste freedom. The fish was ecstatic to see that he could finally be free.
In “Without Title” urbanization is making the narrators father lose his Native American Spirit. The daughter compares how happy he was when he could express his traditions. To how sorrow he is without himself expressing his traditions. Urbanization isn’t the only thing taking away the fathers spirit but also his wife. In the poem
Since the town is small they all seem to all know each other. Except they didn’t seem to really care who won the lottery and got stoned to death. Even the children threw stones at Mrs. Hutchinson which can damage them mentally when they grow older. Most people say, “Not in my backyard” which means if it’s not happening to them they don’t care. For example Mrs. Hutchinson didn’t see how bad the lottery was until she won it. That is a really bad mind set for people to have because they are mostly selfish and only care for their well-being. “Have you heard that over in the North Village they’re talking of giving up the lottery” (Jackson 28). They seem to critiqued the North Village for stopping the lottery and almost seem to mock them for