“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton both deals with fairness in similar ways.

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson deals with fairness in a way that a lot of people wouldn’t even try to do. Like for instance the people have to draw a piece of paper out of a box and if it has a black dot on it that means that you will die. Mrs. Hutchinson thought that it was unfair because she said, “that Mr. Summers didn’t give her husband enough time to draw.” She also thought that they should just do the whole lottery all over again. She also thought that her oldest daughter should draw with her family, not her husband’s family.

“The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. Deals with fairness in a way that I wouldn’t even consider a good way. Just because the princess loves a man and that man loves the princess to. So the king has the man go to trial and pick a door that he wants. I didn’t think it was really fair. To have a man to go to trial just because he loves the princess and the princess loves him back. If a lady came out from one of the doors you are to marry her if you don’t even like her that also isn’t fair. If a tiger came out from behind the door. That is your death penalty. I also don’t think that is fair because I think that you should decide your faith not anyone else.

In conclusion both of the stories are kind of similar. Just because they both don’t seem right at all. By how people in charge are deciding peoples fate instead of the people deciding it themselves.