Fiction Essay

Fiction Essay

Fiction Essay

Thesis: “The Lottery” and “The Destructors”; two stories with outstanding characters and wonderfully skewed qualities; two stories with deep character emotions and attitudes; stories with fascinating character development; and above all two stories that show how man alone isn’t all that good.

* Introduction to the essay comparison.

* “The Lottery” and “The Destructors”; two stories with outstanding characters and qualities; two stories with deep character emotions and attitudes; and above all, two stories with fascinating character development.

* The innate “goodness” of man does not exist.

* “The Destructors” characters

* Trevor is the protagonist of this Story

* Extremely unchanging static character.

* Very round character, learn a lot of personality through story.

* The House, being the antagonist to Trevor.

* Not being a person, the House is a force that opposes Trevor.

* Without this force, there is no plot.

* Minor, supporting, characters in the story.

* The old gang leader, Blackie.

* Old Misery, Mr. Thomas, is the owner of the House.

* “The Lottery” characters

* The protagonist is not a character, but a group of charters; the village.

* The village is the only force of “good” in the story.

* Fatal flaw in “good behavior”; the act of murder.

* The lottery is the antagonist of this story.

* Force against the village, the lottery rules over the village.

* The thought of breaking the lottery tradition might just bring down the village as well.

* Mr. Summers, the power over the village, but no power against the lottery

* Old Man Warner, Tess Hutchinson, and the young boys reveal much about the story

* Conclusion

* “The Lottery” and “The Destructors”; two stories with outstanding characters and wonderfully skewed qualities;...