I am writing a compare/contrast on the similarities and differences the short story and the short film “The Lottery.” There were many similarities between the two. One similarity in the short story and film were the boy’s stacking the stones in the beginning. Another similarity is how the women and men were described. Tessie’s late arrival was the same. The people acted the same when the black box came out, they were all anxious and stepped back a little. A couple things that were different was that it did not seem sunny, happy, and joyous in the film as it was in the short story. The kids kinda made it seem a little bit happier. In the beginning, I do not think that someone drove up in a red truck. The people that came up came up to draw in