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Compare And Contrast The Lottery And First They Came

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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “First They Came” by Martin Niemoller are two stories alike, but both have differences. The theme to the both of the stories is, never blindly follow others because it can lead to bad things like death, or punishment. The plot of the story “The Lottery” is about villagers gather around once a year commit in a ritual, the villagers pick a card from a black box and try not to win. The main idea in the story “First They Came” is don’t blindly follow someone because, later on you might think differently and want to change. In the story “The Lottery” the theme is don’t follow random traditions blindly. For example, the people in the village are following the tradition that they don’t know much about but do it
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