The Lottery This story reveals how selfish people can be in the society. In "The Lottery" villagers are an isolated group of individuals who could careless about one another, even their own family members. Although the author doesn't explain why this village is completely separated from the rest of the world, the story truly reflects our society, that people ignore bad events happening around the world, as long those bad events do not happen to …showed first 75 words of 343 total…

…showed last 75 words of 343 total…their displeasure under their breath because they are afraid to speak out, this is the same to the German people who were afraid to speak out about the killing of Jewish, perhaps they didn't want to get into trouble. The story shows that people can just close eyes and ignore many things that happen around us. This is a good story that reveals the weakness in our society, and we should think about it thoroughly.