The Lottery And Lord Of The Flies Analysis

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Humanity plays an important role in both the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In both, man’s inherent darkness is revealed when one tries to face a situation that requires one’s strenuous efforts which eventually could get too far, and the lack of human compassion towards others denotes social isolation. In both pieces of literature, humanity is a demonstration of how humans react in an extremely controlled society compared to a society with no rules or regulations. Even though both societies are to the extremes, the result appears to be the same which is isolation. Comparatively, darkness of a man is conveyed when one faces a situation where there is an extreme. As an example, Mrs. Hutchinson’s friends tell her to accept her fate so that there would not be another draw. Another draw could ultimately affect them in The Lottery because there would again be an equal chance of the black dot to appear on the paper they select (another trial might mean that Mrs. Hutchinson’s fate could eventually be theirs). As Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers, Mrs. Delacroix and Mrs. Graves tell her to “’be a good sport… [and that] all of [them] took the same chance’” (Jackson …show more content…
This demonstration is a comparison of the concept to how humans would react in an extremely controlled society to a society with no rules or laws (laws that the citizens are capable of easily breaking). Throughout these pieces of literature, lack of human compassion and man’s inherent darkness is demonstrated precisely; evident of isolation. Love? Tradition? Rules? Fear? Evil? All human beings on this planet must either go in one way or another through these 5 things in life. All these things can be utilized by humans. The question is how we use these things; that’s
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