Ajay slept in the basement of the Health Science Center, away from the clamor of the other wards. Despite my visits, it wasn’t until a few weeks later, when she was home, that she explained to me what happened. OCD was a parasite in her brain, releasing thoughts she was unable to distinguish from her own . Anorexia is contagious and you’re the carrier, you’re making it an epidemic, better to hurt yourself than kill yourself but better to kill yourself than hurt anyone else. They were lies, anyone could see that. She was lying to herself. But it was easier. She could try to face the fact that there was no reason to hurt herself. Or she could tell herself it was for the good of everyone else. Easier to drive yourself crazy than admit you were wrong. …show more content…
Biblical considerations aside, there is much to say for the fact he is at the head of the crowd to stone Tessie. Did humiliation from his elder drive him further away from his own beliefs into the mob mentality? Ajay wrote on the bathroom stall on her grad night. And every time I went to read it, my eyes focused instead on the one next to it. Easier to quit harder to admit.' But The Lottery’s morality cuts deeper than that. Mr Adams isn’t the only one denying he’s wrong, Warner too falls into this trap. Even when confronted with the horrible act of violence at the story’s end, it’s still easier to believe he’s doing the right thing than admit that the lottery has been wrong for