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Compare and Contrast William Faulkner's Barn Burning and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
William Faulkner and Shirley Jackson are two of the most renowned authors of the modern American literature. Despite lack of any formal unity, the works of Faulkner and Jackson share many thematic and stylistic elements. Their stories are laconic, narratives are direct, and they portray ordinary characters in seemingly mundane pursuits. The stories of our discussion ‘Barn Burning’ and ‘The Lottery’ are both very different from each other in their plot, setting, and characterization. However, in both the stories familial and social ties plays a ...