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What Are The Similarities Between The Giver And The Lottery By Shirley Jackson

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Could you imagine your town being all the same like wearing the same clotheing or acting the same? In the novel, “The Giver” By Lois Lowry in the story Jonas didn’t want to follow what everyone was doing. “The Lottery'' by Shirley Jackson the short story everyone in the town has to always do the lottery. Therefore, both stories reveal that in both communities they always have to follow the rules and always be the same and never can be themselves, these two authors want you to learn that you should be yourself and make decisions on your own. In the novel the Giver reveals the character learns how they don’t all have to act the same, how they can be themselves not doing things that everyone has to. “Then, when Joan had a choice, he had made the wrong choice to leave (Lowry 23)”. This quote reveals that the main character Joans had made a decision to leave his community and be free but he had no idea what he could get himself into. As you can see Joas had a choice to leave his community. He left because he was upset and mad that everyone in his community always looked the same and did the same things. So he left but he didn't know what to do once he was far gone from his community. …show more content…

“We gained control of many things. But we had to let go of others (Lowery 88)”. In this quote it reveals that Joans left his community and he had to leave many things behind like his friend, family. This connects to them because Jonas was making his own decision to leave his community to do he own

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