"The Lottery" and "A Very Large Man with Wings"

I was trying to make connections between the three stories, and understand the reasoning for their grouping as an assignment. Tragedy??? Maybe. Use of words to convey meaning?? Maybe. The use of the grotesque characteristic? That's a possibility too. Though, all three could be it. Or maybe there's no point, but to read the stories for what the are. Make connections later, since all stories are connected analytically in some way or another.

"The Lottery" reminded me alot of the movie "The Island" in a way, though in the movie, the lottery is just a cover-up, everyone is to die sooner or later. Yet, the use of the words the people say, you know that, even though they don't say it, The Lottery is not good. When people catch word of other communities who have stopped the practice, it's met with distiain and resentment. Then, when the reader finds out what The Lottery means, they understand why the other communities have stopped the "tradition". How did one community come up with stoning people, their neighbors, to death as a tradition???? I know im not supposed to question the story, or the moral, and i know there is no moral whatsoever to this story, but seriously, one cant help but wonder!!! Murder is acceptable?? How?

"A Very Large Man with Wings" was my favorite to read out of the three stories though. It was grotesque in its way it described the angel, and the people. It gave the truth, while still giving imagery. And yet there was no MAJOR conflict, it was just a fallen angel waiting for his time to recieve his wings again. The end of the story yet again makes the reader wonder "what was the point of the angel being there if he did not do anything?" It's an intriguing story nontheless.