Why do authors write about killing? I think authors like to look into everything that can be seen in life. I believe it lets them explore their own reactions to death or the evil in killing. I also think they like to see how other people will react to their writing especially with death and murder.
In the stories that we read their several examples of murder. Each of the stories had a different take at the process of killing someone. In Poe's short story The Cask of Amontillado we read about a guy killing for revenge. I think at some point we all have wanted revenge, but never got pushed over the edge so far that we wanted to kill someone. Revenge is something fairly easy to relate to and I felt was far less shocking than some of the other stories.
For instance, Jackson's The Lottery was probably the most shocking for me for several reasons. To begin with Jackson hid what was going to happen very well so it was far more shocking once I found out they were going to stone someone. Secondly, I found it hard to relate to what seemed to be a very random and odd ritual. They never explained why they were doing it, other than they were just blindly following tradition. In the end I think that was the point of the author was to have people open their eye's and see that we shouldn't just blindly follow for the sake of following.
In the end I think that I actually like The Lottery the most. Probably, because it was different and I like the hidden meaning behind the story.
I hear you. All three stories are rather shocking and I think death is used as a tool by the author to make a social commentary.
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