What is a common theme that best fits both “Ponies,” by Kij Johnson and “The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson?

:in "mr. flood's party," how does edwin arlington robinson capture the loneliness and alienation felt by eben flood? use quotes and examples from the text to support your claim.

One way that the novel differs from earlier literary works is that novelists often leave out many details associated with the setting novels only portray positive aspects of heroes and other important figures characters' personalities in novels are only revealed through dialogue readers are often able to relate better to the characters in novels

Which inference can a reader make based on the information in the excerpt?