Dangerously uncaring

In the short story "The lottery" the author portrays a perfectly normal, beautiful village, where the citizens are friendly and care about each other. The do a draw every year and have been doing it for a very long time. The citizens all have to participate and and be there when the draw is done. It seems like a perfectly normal thing, something that would possibly be fun community event. At the end of the story the person with the "x" on their paper get stoned to death. People do not question what they are doing and follow the tradition.
This piece reminds me of a variety of things. The first thing that comes to mind right off the bat would have to be the Holocaust. Many people would disagree and say. "Well thats a different story. What the Nazi's did was horrible and they were not normal in any way shape or form." Well that's what we think, we think what they did was horrible. But think of it from their point of view, they believed what they did was right. Hitler and the Nazi's believed that they were doing people a favor by killing the jewish people.
In perils of indeference Elie Wiesel explains that we must be carful to care because alot of historical events have happened because of indefference. Americans knew what was happening in Europe with the Holocaust but dident care to help. They did not care about what was going on there because it was not happening to them. "The lottery" portrays this theroy as well. The citizens talked about possibly getting rid of the lottery but decided not to because it was a tradition. The citizens did not care that they were killing people that they knew for so many years. Mrs. hutchinson did not care that she was at the lottery and that she was going to be killing a person in a moment or two. The moment that she found out that it was her that was going to be stoned she cared very much. Everyone doesent care as long as they are not harmed while it is happening.