love and cruelty in The lottery
...e difference between love and cruelty can be confusing. The mother believed her relationship with her son was loving but little did she know how she affected him." The first morning between his wife and his mother proved also to be the last, and Sandra was never again invited to the house. One time he told me; " Mother's a take-over woman, great in a crisis but sometimes unbearable when things are normal." (Hugh Garner, "The Sound of Hollyhocks," pg. 10). In result of the mother's treatment, her son committed suicide. Not only is cruelty in love portrayed in the short story The Sound of Hollyhocks, but in The Lottery Ticket as well. Even though humans claim to love someone, they can often be quite cruel. This married couple got so carried away with the idea of becoming wealthy and powerful, that their love for eachother was no longer important. " And he looked at his wife, not with a smile now, but with hatred. She glance at him too, and also with hatred and anger." (Anton Chekhov, " The Lottery Ticket," pg. 202). Their fantasy soon disappeared when they came to the realization that they did not really win the lottery. Cruelty in love is also portrayed in the short story The Persian Carpet. One may claim to be loving, but their actions can be cruel. The parent's of two young girls divorced because they believed it was in their best interests, yet they were wrong. " I remained motionless, wishing that I could remove her arms from around ...