The Lottery and Perils Of Indifference

This short story and speech talk about how the most ordinary of people can do the most savage and ruthless things to other human beings. These two pieces of writing are examples of how the most ordinary and sane people can be extremely violent and aggressive. Not thinking they would be doing the wrong thing at all, stoning and killing one another is just tradition. It seems like love and friendship are thrown aside during these brutal events. In the short story " The Lottery" Mrs. Delacroix said " Be a good sport, Tessie" Tessie is the unfortunate woman who has the infamous "black dot" on her paper. This quote makes me think. How are you suppose to " be a good sport" about getting stoned to death by your entire village. Friends, family... all put aside, as if you were a stranger, all alone. " I hope it's not Nancy," whispered one of Nancy's friends hoping that one of her best friends will be around to play.



In the speech " Perils of Indifference" it quotes "So much violence, so much indifference." talking about all the violent things we have done to each other as human beings. (ex. World Wars, Genocide, countless Civil Wars). Or even the brutal assassinations of the Kennedy's or Martin Luther King. People kill just because of ones skin colour or religion. Kults the "KKK" discriminate against African Americans. But the members inside those kults believe that they are doing nothing wrong, that that's the way it should be.