Man kinds lack of compassion and understanding. In the stories "the lottery" and "Perils of Indifference" the human race is shown as a barbaric and hateful race. They show us that even the smallest or most innocent person can actually do terrible and unthinkable acts.
In the ''Perils of Indifference" an old man explains to the president and his council how a whole nation had turned against a certain group of people for no good reason at all thinking it was harmless. The people did not know what went on at Auschwitz nor did they seem to care, they made no effort to find out. while the rest of the world knew about the atrocities the people of the nation ignored it like it had never even happened. A genocide that was pushed aside so that they could go on living there normal everyday lives. you cannot condemn just one person for the acts of inhumanity dealt to this group of people, the group should be because they couldn't be bothered to stop because they did not want to be troubled with others problems.
In the "lottery" a sick game is played with the towns people drawing the name of someone to be stoned. When Tessie Hutchinson is chosen for the sacrifice the children held stones ready for her. Even her own son takes a turn throwing pebbles at his mother. Tessie's best Friend picks up a rock which she needed to hands to lift to throw at her best friend, and without a thought hits her with it. While this is being down the old man Wagner sits and complains of how soft the town has become towards the idea of stopping the lottery and talks about the "fools" in the other villages and totally ignoring the idea.
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