Oct. 12, 2012 Write 3 The Pressures of Society In the world today, society has a great control over the social order of life and can pressure people into unwelcome circumstances. In fact, fiction authors, such as Kate Chopin and Shirley Jackson, replicate society pressures in their short stories. This pressure for their characters, Tessie Hutchinson from ?The Lottery? and Desiree Aubigny from ?Desiree?s Baby,? leads to death. These two stories can be compared by focusing on the demands of society, the reaction of the main characters, and the outcome of the conflict.