The Lottery Comparative Analysis Questions (The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas)

The Lottery

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...

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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...

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