The Lottery Theme Essay - 836 Words

In both The Lottery, and The Possibility of Evil there is a very evident theme that is horror lies in the most everyday settings and situations. This is shown in The Lottery by the â€Å"lottery† being considered an everyday normal aspect of life.We know that the â€Å"lottery† is the act of a name being drawn from a box, and the person who is drawn is going to be stoned to death, with frankly no reason at all. Also in The Lottery, no one is emotionally phased to the cruelty shown in the town, and throughout the story, as if it is apart of their everyday life. In The Possibility of Evil, we see this theme during the whole story, considering the main idea of the story is a woman who is trying to stop all of the evil in her and her towns everyday†¦show more content†¦Old Man Warner is appalled by this idea saying, â€Å"Pack of crazy fools†¦ there has always been a lottery.† Old Man Warner is very adamant about continuing this tradition, and is very c ritical to the people who are trying to end the tradition, almost as if he has no empathy for others. We view the lottery as something horrific and something that in today’s time would be socially unacceptable. In The Possibility of Evil, we see the horror in everyday situations in a very different way. The main idea of The Possibility of Evil is that the protagonist, Miss Strangeworth, is that Miss Strangeworth is trying to prevent all of the evil in her small town by passing letters about gossip that she heard to other people anonymously. In the story, we are first told of Miss Strangeworth’s roses, which are her most prized possession. In the beginning of the story, Miss Strangeworth encounters new parents, Don and Helen Crane. Helen Crane makes a comment about her baby seeming to be â€Å"slow.† Miss Strangeworth tells Helen that she is worrying for no reason and that â€Å"some of them develop much quicker than others others.† Later in the story Miss Strangeworth writes a letter to the Crane’s and says, â€Å"Didn’t you ever see an idiot child before? Some people just shouldn’t have children, should they?† Even though Miss Strangeworth v iews herself as the epitome of a citizen in her town, she is a factor to the evil in the town by creating these letters and spreading lies andShow MoreRelatedEssay on Theme of the Unexpected in The Lottery1819 Words   |  8 PagesExpect the Unexpected What thoughts come to mind when you think of The Lottery? 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