The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

There a events in life that people deny until they face or go through them. They wait until it comes to them to speak out. Mrs. Hutchinson was oblivious to the possibility of getting selected; guess what happened? This same theme is exemplified through America's the constant curiosity in the state of the Middle East. For a long while, our only concern was with oil. Writers did not have a damn thing to say about that. As soon as 9/11 hit, writers and readers could not get enough of it. That is when people were shocked, " how did this happen", " who is going to pay". In context to the real world, look at the main people pushing AIDs awareness, cancer, and others popular sicknesses. They did not have anything to say about it until what; after they got it or dealt with a loved one's illness. Magic Johnson, Holly Robinson Peete, you name it. That is a major problem with America, as a nation we wait until it personally affects us to do something or speak out.

If Jackson approached this from an expository piece it would reach more people and have much more pathos.