Sam Short Story

During this coronavirus pandemic, we all stay isolated to slow the spread of the virus, while this isolation is important for the health of society, it kinda sucks. Being stuck inside with the same ~four people and not much to do leaves people feeling more irritable and annoyed, but the worst part is I think I’m getting used to it. Presumably, the same feeling evolved into the extreme isolation of the residents inside The Machine. The Machine residents were forced underground by some sort of catastrophe in the atmosphere of the planet. It is unclear whether solitude was a pre-designed part of machine society, or something that naturally occurred as the residents lost motive to leave their dwellings and sank deeper into complacency, but the residents ended up abhorring new experiences and face to face interaction. At the start of quarantine, the monotony of sitting at home with nothing productive to do besides schoolwork was mind-numbingly boring, but six weeks in, and I am much mor...

If I were going to turn one short story into a movie I would pick The Lottery, because if it went deeper into the history of the lottery and the impacts on the town it could be a great horror movie. The story never goes into the details of the Lottery, is it a sacrifice to some village deity or just a tradition for fun? The Movie could go deeper into these details, explaining why the lottery was started, and the implications of the slow decline of their traditions, from the decay of the black box to their neighboring villages doing away with it altogether. I thought that the story had some excellent southern gothic themes, and if I made it into a movie I would emphasize those themes of violence, isolation, and tradition. Most southern gothic movies use the church or religion as antagonists, but since there is no church or religion mentioned in the story, the town could be drawn to seem like a cult/commune, which would work well with the small rural village aspect. Keeping with the ...