Comparing and contrasting is a way to comprehend information. When comparing examples of information, you can make connections between multiple things, whether it’s in text, real life, or something that you’ve learned. For example, “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came”, by Martin Niemoller have a lot of things in common but they have a whole different plot.
Certainly, “The Lottery” is about following a crowd for example “The Lottery” is about a small country town pursuing a tradition. It all began a long time ago when someone believed that a human sacrifice would help out the crops. Since then every year the lottery would take place in many different towns. As years went by many towns stopped doing the tradition because somebody or a group of people stood up for what was right, and many people agreed that they should stop. But on June 27th on a clear sunny day one town carried through with the tradition once more. The whole town gathered together so that the lottery could begin. Once everyone was together Mr. Summers, who was the host of the lottery started to have the oldest male in the family go up and drew a card that was folded from an old and dusty black box. Once everyone drew their card the people began to open their cards in which …show more content…
“First They Came” is a short poem that took place when the Nazis were taking people from their homes and killing them in camps. The story revolves around an anti-Nazi who doesn’t want to be caught. It begins with the Nazis taking the Socialists but since Martin wasn’t a socialist he didn’t say anything and did the same with the Jews, and the Trade Unionists. Eventually he decided to stand up for what was right, then he was the one to be chased after. He soon was imprisoned and escaped execution just barely. Following the crowd may be the easiest but may not be the best choice for the outcome for everyone
Certainly, “The Lottery” is about following a crowd for example “The Lottery” is about a small country town pursuing a tradition. It all began a long time ago when someone believed that a human sacrifice would help out the crops. Since then every year the lottery would take place in many different towns. As years went by many towns stopped doing the tradition because somebody or a group of people stood up for what was right, and many people agreed that they should stop. But on June 27th on a clear sunny day one town carried through with the tradition once more. The whole town gathered together so that the lottery could begin. Once everyone was together Mr. Summers, who was the host of the lottery started to have the oldest male in the family go up and drew a card that was folded from an old and dusty black box. Once everyone drew their card the people began to open their cards in which …show more content…
“First They Came” is a short poem that took place when the Nazis were taking people from their homes and killing them in camps. The story revolves around an anti-Nazi who doesn’t want to be caught. It begins with the Nazis taking the Socialists but since Martin wasn’t a socialist he didn’t say anything and did the same with the Jews, and the Trade Unionists. Eventually he decided to stand up for what was right, then he was the one to be chased after. He soon was imprisoned and escaped execution just barely. Following the crowd may be the easiest but may not be the best choice for the outcome for everyone