1. They both show us that bystanders will do only what they are told. They will do what authority tells them to do, but if the authority says nothing to them they will do nothing but stand and observe the crisis.
2. The now illegal practice of hazing, especially in college. Usually there's a leader or two that have been there for a few years and the one getting hazed. As with "The Lottery", the leader orders everyone else around like the rest of the students in college will just watch this person getting hazed.
3. Fear is the biggest factor in ruling. A ruler must ensure that the people they rule are afraid of them so they will listen. Normal everyday people will not fight back or argue against a ruler if there would be consequences they could have, leading to fear.
4. Individuals can break free from control by having intelligent plans and thoughts that are strong. Either that or they can be like Harrison and be so overwhelmingly strong or powerful that you can single-handedly break free from the control.
5. In "The Lottery", I will assume that the killing is done to ensure the people know that someone does order them around. The government or whatever controlling agency put the lottery into effect has someone stoned obviously to show that the people are not invincible and can be eliminated at any time as exhibited there.
6. Generally, right and wrong in society is decided by the people in the society, the majority. It's usually the morals that the people follow that is set as rules and laws. For example, when a government changes a law against the common norm, it is never widely followed, even years after implementation.
7. The people decide but that is more on the ruling body. The government really does have the final decision as to if you're right or wrong. However, people can be excommunicated and exiled from towns by their peers if what they did was that wrong in their eyes.
3 Questions from "The Lottery":
1. Why should we or should we not have some sort of lottery as this, which is grossly similar to The Hunger Games"?
2. Why does our government have a duty to show its force against its own citizens to promote obedience?
3. Why don't we have people carry out punishments like they did in "The Lottery" in our society?
3 Questions from "Harrison Bergeron":
1. Should the government enforce policies that hold down those that are more extraordinary than others and why or why not?
2. Should the government then punish severely those who attempt to be more extraordinary than others as an example to the other citizens and why?
3. Does every person have some way that they are more extraordinary than everyone else, and are they all able to use that talent freely to break free?
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