The hazards of Lethargy

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2. "Lord of the Flies" shows similarities to the events in the short story "The Lottery". In the short story, we are introduced to a seemingly quiet town, with little population and has everyone knowing each other. In "Lord of the Flies" a plane crash strands British school boys on an uninhabited island, starting us with frantic kids that still look calm and innocent looking. As the story unfolds in "The Lottery", we find out that the citizens are not so normal and actually stone a certain person to death each year; the winner of the lottery. Everyone knows about it and still don't do a thing, also the kids start to kill each other in "Lord of the Flies", and even though they are quite aware killing is wrong, still do it.

3. In the speech "The Perils of Indifference" Mr. Wiesel tells us that people, under certain circumstances, will not do anything even against absolute wrong. No one will stand up to be noticed, no one will make a difference. This relates to the townsfolk in "The Lottery" in a way that even though they are quite aware of what the lottery is, and how it takes a life every year, they don't do anything about it. Even people in such a small village, even so much closer to everyone or even if part of a family, won't question the horrors of the lottery, a tradition. Mr. Wiesel is telling us all of the dangers of this and how people need to change and stand up strong.