The Lottery Comparative Analysis Questions (The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas)
The Lottery
Can you link the lottery ritual to another literary text or film?
The ritual in "The Lottery" can be linked to Ursula Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games. Both Le Guin's and Jackson's stories involve sacrificing an...
The Lottery
How are scapegoats symbolically used in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and "The Lottery"?
In both stories, the idea of the scapegoat is a powerful argument. It forms the basis of both stories. In both stories, the community needs the scapegoat in order for it to survive. In Jackson's...