“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live” (Norman Cousins). The story, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and the movie “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins are both about death and dying. In the lottery people are to pull a paper out and if they have the black symbol, they will get stoned to death. In the hunger games, a piece of paper that has a black mark on it is drawn. That person will have to fight to the death. There are similarities in both, like they do the same corenation when they meet up for the drawing, but there are differences, like how they kill each other. First of all, there are a few similarities, like when they meet up together for the announcement who is going to …show more content…
They both aren’t the same on how they use weapons or things to kill each other. In “The Lottery” it states that “...a stone hit her on the side of the head”(Jackson 6). The weapons they were using to kill her was rocks and she had to hold a bigger rock, while she was getting hit. In “The Hunger Games” it states “I can see the weapon, a short, heavy blade at his belt” (Collins 182). When the people from the districts come up and start to run towards the weapons that are knives, spears, bow and arrow, and swords . Even though, they both have similarities, they aren’t the same in many ways like the weapons to kill each other. In conclusion, both “The Lottery” and “The Hunger Games” have a lot of similarities and differences. The main thing for the similarities was how they walked to the center of their town for the announcement of who is going to get picked. One difference in the two is the weapons used in the game, like “The Lottery” used rocks, while “The Hunger Games” had more advanced weapons. There are common themes for both of the stories, like life lessons in nature. It is showing how life in a dystopian society is different from reality. In a dystopian society, people are picked and fight to death, while in reality it is the norm to not fight for your