Synthesis: "The Lottery" & "The Perils of Indifference"

"The Lottery" shows us how a seemingly, normal mannered, town can be extremely uncivilized for the sole reason that indifference is a annual tradition. This proves that even the most humble people can be desensitized into thinking that the atrocities are just a normal way of living their lives. "The Perils of Indifference" suggests that indifference can be "seductive" and "tempting". The speach reads, "It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person's pain and despair." This suggests that to act of stepping in and caring about another person's anguish is looked at as being an inconvenience rather than an act of caring. This principle alone has lead to massive injustices in our world. The Holocaust was based on this idea where the Nazi army had no intention of trying to understand the deversity of our planets different races so, they tried to eliminate as many of the different cultures as possible out of fear and indifference. Most of the horrible injustices in this world can be traced back to this idea of severe indifference. Elie Wiesel has put this idea into light for the rest of the world and hopefully makes us realize that standing aside and not acting on injustice only leads to pain and suffering. Whether it be a fight at school or a war based on a racist idea, indifference must be eliminated from the world's way of thinking.