https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g 4. How are “destructive silence” and “blindly following tradition” themes in both stories? en-us 2017-09-13 15:05:45 UTC 2025-12-01 05:56:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187212559 Destructive silence is a theme in the Hunger Games because the silence of the crowd creates a great amount of suspense. That makes it seem destructive from how surprised Katniss is from the odds of her sister getting picked to participate in the Hunger Games.]]> 2017-09-13 15:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187212559 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187995625 2017-09-15 15:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187995625 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187997692 Destructive silence is a theme in The Lottery because of the moment of silence before everyone opens their letters. That is destructive silence because it creates tension. Nobody knows who the "winner" will be and the reader does not know what the "prize" is yet. Also, destructive Silence is a theme in The Lottery because of the pause when Tessie did not show her paper. This is destructive silence because she has the black dot all of the villagers know that they now have to stone her to death. ]]> 2017-09-15 15:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/187997692 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188002620 2017-09-15 16:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188002620 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188002844 2017-09-15 16:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188002844 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188003880 Blindly following tradition is a theme in the Hunger Games because of how they put two people of each district into a dome to kill each other. This shows blindly following tradition because if they had not started that earlier, they probably would have never thought of a "game" for killing each other. ]]> 2017-09-15 16:07:07 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188003880 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188012187 2017-09-15 16:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188012187 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188012637  Destructive silence is also a theme in the Hunger Games because after Katniss volunteers, they are all silent and make the hand signal. That makes destructive silence because it shows that all of the people know that volunteering is a death wish and instead of saying something they all stay completely silent.  That makes the reader or watcher wonder what horrible thing exactly did Katniss just get herself into. ]]> 2017-09-15 16:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188012637 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188013135 Blindly following tradition is also a theme in the Hunger Games because even though the people obviously do not want to participate in the games, they are forced to. That shows that the people of the districts are following tradition, but cannot say anything about how bad what they are doing really is. ]]> 2017-09-15 16:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188013135 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188014189 Blindly following tradition is a theme in the Lottery because of the black box. The black box shows that they have been doing it for generations. Also, we know that they have been doing it for generations because they explain that what they do has been going on for longer than Old Man Warner has been alive (71 years). So, the people of the town just assume that is what everyone does. ]]> 2017-09-15 16:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188014189 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188015694 2017-09-15 16:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188015694 batesall https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188015931 Blindly following tradition is also a them in the Lottery because of the people who say to be a good sport about the black dot. That shows blindly following tradition because the people do not even realize how demented that really sounds. ]]> 2017-09-15 16:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/batesall/f32fkvslu51g/wish/188015931