Indifference is not a beginning, it is an end.

In "The Perils of Indifference", Elie Weisal argues statements explaining the nature of indifference and followed it up with the damages that can be caused by indifference. He spoke of the people and countries that knew about the events but did nothing. The events were not directly related to their well being and to be indifferent meant to have no response or emotion to a situation like the men who wore blankets in the camps. They were left  dead to the world feeling nothing inside, not even hunger.
After reading "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson it reminded me of a story I had heard called "The Salem Which Trials".  The first connection that I made was that both stories are based on a woman, or women who are in jeopardy. I also  found that both of these stories started out in the same type of environment, small villages. "The Salem Witch Trials" is based on a story of the daughter and niece of a Reverend who was very strict. The girls were not allowed to play or have toys, they were only supposed to do their chores and read prayers. However, they would go behind the reverends back spending late evenings with a woman slave who would entertain them with stories, magic, fortune telling, and other forbidden activities. Later on, the two girls started to experience strange feelings or actions like twitching, and rolling on the floors throwing fits while screaming. Then, came the first public display as one girl started a fit barking like a dog. Another girl then began to flap her arms like a bird, and another girl showing signs of being choked. After this display the towns people believed the girls to be victims of witchcraft. Everybody became deeply scared and started asking the girls to identify their tormentors. The girls then named three of the towns people who were social out casts and deeply distrusted, including the slave who had been spending time with the girls. The slave confessed of other witches in the town, which began to terrify everyone even more. The girls would say that spirits would secretly visit them, causing the towns people to accuse anyone and everyone. This began the Salem Witch Trials where they would hang any person that was named to be a witch, with or without proof of the accused being innocent. They would even be killed if they denied or tried to fight it. These events continued until the girls began to name the most respected people. Everyone then began to doubt the girls accusations. The rest of the accused were pardoned in the end, and everyone went back to their daily lives.
Therefore, some connections that I made from these stories are this; It was from the fear of the villagers that enforced these rituals. "The Lottery" is a sacrifice to the Gods to insure that the crops grow, and "The Salem Witch Trials" was based on the belief of Witchcraft. Neither crop Gods nor Witches are real, they are both superstitions resulting in the death of many innocent people.