The stories I chose is “The Lottery” and “Young Goodman Brown”

Similarities

  • Both Third Person Narration
  • Both use Symbolic names
  • Both stories are influenced by society
  • Both have similar settings in a small town
  • Both feature Hypocrisy
  • Both kept the readers guessing

Differences

  • One The Lottery Theme is dangers of following tradition
  • In Young Goodman Brown one of the themes is The Loss of Innocence
  • The Lottery provides a sense of mysteriousness of morality leading the readers to a shocking ending
  • Young Goodman Brown provides a direct line of thing of morality by letting the readers know of Young Goodman Brown thoughts.