The Peril's of Indifference

1.  The Dangers of Abandonment would be a way of rewording the title.

2.  Everything isn't always what it seems.  What's on the outside can deceive people, hiding what's truly on the inside.  While The Lottery is a good example of this, there are many others as well.  The seemingly passive village in the story turns out to be self-absorbed and uncivilized when it comes to their tradition values.  This relates to the teddy bear in Toy Story 3.  The stuffed animal appears to be cute, cuddly, kind, and warm-hearted, yet turns out to be a ruthless, barbaric, and merciless.  He exiles the newcomers as opposed to embracing the new members of the day care.

3.  Indifference - lack of care or concern.  Elie's Peril's of Indifference speech outlines the inhumane ways of indifference, many of which are shown in The Lottery.  People need to learn to stand up for each other, even though "it is so much easier to look away from [the] victims" of intolerance.  This is completely true, as shown in The Lottery when as long as it isn't them, everybody will join in for the stoning of a beloved community member, just because everybody else is partaking.  To be indifferent to "suffering is what makes the human [seem] inhuman".  Not one person spoke up for Mrs.Hutchinson as she screamed her pleas for mercy before stones were hurled upon her.

Love At First Cliché

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and the birds were singing.  That's when I saw her.  The sun glinted immaculately off her helmet as she ripped down the mountain behind me on her Norco Six-Three mountain bike.  For the love of god, can a guy ask for anything more?  She rode up beside me, stopping as she realized I had popped my tire.  She removed her helmet, revealing beautiful, long blond hair.  Her face was one that could make the angels sing; I could tell instantly that it was love at first sight.  She was so different from the others, free as a bird if you will.  I decided that I had to have her, so right then and there I asked her out on a date.  She replied with a no, saying she has a boyfriend.  Of course it always goes this way, if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.  However, I couldn't let her be the one that got away, after all, all is fair in love and war.  I tried to convince her to give me a chance, as it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.  Unfortunately, "it's not you, it's me," she told me.  She left and all I wanted to do was be around my friends to help me pull through the experience, especially since misery loves its company.