In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, the author uses a theme that says that people never stick up for one another until they are being harmed or punished by the same problem. In the book The Lottery the townsmen come together to have an annual stoning, which helps them believe that the sacrifice will bring a good year's harvest. This quote from the text lets us see why no one cared to stand up for her, ""It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head." Tessie (Mrs. Hutchison) is picked she goes on how its not fair, but no one else cared, or cared to stand up for her showing that no one else says something because there not being stoned to death. To continue, this shows that no one else cares, the only thing they care about is