1. Read the short story version of “The Lottery”.
The original story is a much pared down version of the film – there’s
no Jason, Felice, love story, male rivalry, etc. It’s also told very
simply, much like the fairy tales we studied earlier on. What do you
notice in terms of plot, characterization, point of view, and setting?
Do an intrinsic reading in which you use only these literary elements to discuss the story.
After I read the short story version of "The Lottery," I noticed that there was very little characterization. The story described each characters and individuals very vaguely. They do have a little bit of a description about their backgrounds but there was no development of each character as compare to the film version. In terms of point of view, the point of view was mostly in the point of view of Jason in the film. However, the point of view in the short story was in 3rd person.
7. Seen or read The Hunger Games? If so, you likely will see the parallels between the blockbuster and “The Lottery” (elements of which appear in Games
and which were partial inspiration for the trilogy). What are these
parallels? How do both texts treat the issues of bourgeoisie vs.
proletariat and the ideology the bourgeoisie spreads and sustains?
The parallels between both texts included a sacrifice resulting from a drawing. In The Hunger Games, the main character stands up to the bourgeoisie by volunteering herself for the games and keeping both herself and her partner alive at the end of the games even though one survivor can win at the end. In the text, no one stands up to the bourgeoisie. They just go along with the tradition of the lottery and let one of their townspeople be sacrificed.
Also if we compare the film and the written version of The Lottery the same parallels will exist. However, in the written version The Lottery as readers we almost feel angery towards the mother for offering up her children for the drawing verse just drawing between her and her husband. In The Hungar games a reverse affect is taken when Katniss puts her self-intrests aside and steps up for her sister to take her place within the games.
ReplyDeletewith the situation compared above (In The Hungar games a reverse affect is taken when Katniss puts her self-intrests aside and steps up for her sister to take her place within the games.) this can also be compared in to the movie version of the lottery. Where Felice instead of protecting her mother she goes along with the crowd and throws a rock at her,she just throws her under the bus. And in the Hunger games, as the above is stated, Katniss protects her sister by takeing her place.
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