Amy Tan, a child of Chinese emigrants, was born in 1952 in Oakland, California. Shirley Jackson was born in San Francisco, California in 1919. Today both women are recognized authors, known for incorporating personal or autobiographical information into their material. Both women, each known for classic literary works in her own right, have more in common than merely being born in California in the twentieth century. This analysis of “The Lottery” and “Two Kinds” will demonstrate how both short stories share similar themes, literary devices and writing styles.

According to Richard Abcarian and Marvin Klotz (2007), editors of Literature: The Human Experience, works with a theme of conformity and rebellion often "feature a clash between two well-articulated positions, in which a rebel, on principle, confronts and struggles with established authority" (p. 312). “The Lottery” and “Two Kinds” equally share the theme of conformity and rebellion and each contains a......

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Title: A Thematic Analysis Of “th Lottery” And “tw Kinds”
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