Comparison & contrast essay between Shirley Jackson's stories: “Lottery” & Mary Flannery O'Connor's: “A good man is hard to find”

The paper contains a compare and contrast essay between Shirley Jackson's story; “Lottery” and Mary Flannery O'Connor's “A good man is hard to find. As a compare and contrast essay, few of the similarities and differences have been highlighted along with an issue in both stories. These issues pertain to both the stories. In “The Lottery" the characters anticipate the outcome of the story but the reader does not, while in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" the reader anticipates the outcome but the characters (family in the car wreck) do not. The compare and contrast in the essay is performed in a way that the similarities and differences of both the stories are distinctly discussed.

“The Lottery” is the story where the villagers have a very interesting ritual. Throughout the course of this story, the reader discovers the detail of this ritual to some degree. In the story, a member of the community is chosen through a lottery for a sacrifice. One of the main characters of this story revolves around Tess Hutchinson (Hutchinson family matriarch) who has been chosen for sacrifice.

The story starts with the description of scenic views. Morning of June 27 stood clear and sunny. Summer was in full swing, everything was in bloom and, the grass was bright green. About ten o'clock, the villagers began to gather in the square between the post and the bank. In this village, the number of residents was only three hundred so, they did not require too much time for the lottery as does in large cities. Lottery does not occupy, more than two hours, so it could begin at ten, and residents can return home to dinner, to the twelve. ...