Question 3

          In the story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson the people are apathetic toward the person who draws th black dot. This is exactly the warnin Elie Wiesel gives in "The Perils of Indifference". His warning tells how dangerous indifference can be. This is evident in Shirley Jackson's story. Not one person could care stand up for Tessie and abandon the their ways, not even her own family. This lack of caring is the difference between humanity and someone who is inhuman. The people in other towns had already stopped the abomination of a lottery because they were not indifferent to the plight of the victim. If only the the towns people heeded the warning that Elie Wiesel gave.

Question 2

            In the story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The townspeople were very passive toward the plight of the women chosen to be stoned. They believed that, because it was necessary for a good growing season and harvest, they could stone an innocent person to death. There is no reason to sacrifice someone, yet they do it every year to please some greater power. This is connected to how people in biblical ages would sacrifice animals so god would bless them and their harvest. This village seemed much more modern than the ending of the story states.

Question 1

          Only a few words come in to my mind that explain my understanding of the vocabulary in the title. Those word are "Our enemy is apathy". Both indifference and apathy mean basically the same thing, lack of caring for anything. Throughout history and in most stories, the perils of the protagonist is always caused by an enemy of some sort. This is how i linked the title of the speech to my title.

There'll Be Hell To Pay

           Her bark was worst than her bite. I tell myself this every time my sister has a cow about something. The vein in her forehead was about to pop. I really got under her skin this time. The ol' spider in your sisters bed gag, a classic. She was obviously taking things far to seriously. I said to her "don't get your panties in a wad." As a younger brother you really have to know how to push her buttons. It's pretty much written in stone. I ran from her room and she followed me all guns a blazing. We usually fight like cats and dogs, so Mom and Dad are used to the yelling, but I may have crossed the line this time. She was really going through the roof.
          I guess i deserved the tongue lashing this time. It must be her time of the month. That is the only reason I fathom why she was so bent out of shape about such a childish prank, but hell truly hath no fury like a woman scorned.