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.

Top 3 Canucks in 08/09 Season

Even though the Vancouver Canucks have unreal team chemistry, there is always those few players that stand out and produce so consistantly. My top 3 canucks are as follows:

1. Ryan Kesler
2. Roberto Luongo
3. Alex (Rosie) Burrows

Ryan Kesler and Rosie may not be the leading point getters on the team, but when it comes to consistant play and clutch moments we call upon these guys. Rosie with his 3 short handed goals this season makes him one of the most clutch players on our team. Kesler has been consistant from game one this season. Unlike the Sedins who have droughts and spurts, Kesler makes up for the droughts of our top "go-to" guys. Thats how you win championships with grinders like these two.

Luongo? What more can i say. He's the reason that we've done so well pre his injury. While he was injured, the Canucks struggled terribly. He doesn't only make huge saves. He gives the whole team massive amounts of confidence. He allows the defence to push forward and join the rush to support our forwards. That alone gives us huge offensive advantage. Also you can't ignore his shutout streak beating out his old record from last season to make his sequence 2:42:36. Impressive and my hero.

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SUPERPOWER

If i had a superpower i would want it to be the ability to freeze time. So many problems could be solved this way. For example, if I was broke, time could be frozen and i could just walse into the bank and solve my money issue. If life was moving too fast for me i could just take a break and resume when i wanted to. If i were to get myself into a sticky situation with some bad people then time stops and i'm gone. All in all, this would be the best super power you could possibly have.


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