The dangers of mob mentality:The Lottery

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has allowed murder to become part of their town fabric, even Tessie‘s own husband will not stop the murder of his wife. As they have demonstrated, they feel powerless to change what will happen as the finale to the lottery. These ordinary people, who have just come from work or from their homes and will soon return home for lunch, easily kill someone when they are told to because that is what everyone is doing and to speak out would possibly set them as an outcast, or put them in harms way. If the villagers stopped to question it, they would be forced to ask themselves why they are committing a murder—but no one stops to question. For them, the fact that everyone does it is reason enough and gives them the justification they need.
Today one could find mob mentality happening frequently in schools, and on the internet. Many people seem to believe they cannot be held responsible for violent behavior when part of a mob because they perceive the violence as the group’s instead of ...

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