Gaston from Beauty and the Beast is the most handsome man in the village and everyone loves him. No one realizes that his intentions for killing the Beast is so that he can force Belle to marry him. Gaston leads the entire village to the Beast’s castle in a rage that scares LeFou but also fuels the mob. Gaston has turned into a bloodthirsty maniac that makes LeFou question his motives by saying “There’s a beast running wild there’s no question, but I fear the wrong monster’s released” (“Mob Song” Beauty and the Beast). LeFou disagrees with Gaston. He fears that by the mob turning its attention to the Beast, they are focusing on the wrong monster. LeFou does not see the Beast as the real threat. Instead, LeFou sees his companion as the true monster because he saw Gaston’s transformation from light to dark. The Beast may look different, but LeFou did not see his transformation. In the beginning, Gaston would have done anything to please Belle, but before he goes off to kill the Beast, he locks her up and threatens to do the same to LeFou. Sirius Black from Harry Potter is a wise man who speaks of kindness and freedom but has a house-elf, Kreacher, and orders him around. He goes against what he speaks of by not setting Kreacher free. Sirius Black acts like the fatherly figure Harry needs but like all humans, Sirius is a hypocrite. After returning to Number Twelve Grimmauld Place to hide out, Hermione explains to Harry that “Sirius was horrible to Kreacher, Harry, and it’s no good looking like that, you know it’s true. Kreacher had been alone for a long time when Sirius came to live here, and he was probably starving for a bit of affection. I’m sure “Miss Cissy” and “Miss Bella” were perfectly lovely to Kreacher when he turned up, so he did them a favour and told them everything they wanted to know. I’ve said all along that wizards would pay for how they treat house-elves. Well, Voldemort did ... and so did Sirius” (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows). Sirius was abused by his mother as a child and sees anything …show more content…
Delacroix from The Lottery is Tessie Hutchinson’s friend and laughs along with her when Tessie is late for the drawing. When Tessie is drawn as the ‘winner’ of the lottery, Mrs. Delacroix’s friendly feelings toward Tessie are abolished as she joins the mob to kill Tessie. Mrs. Delacroix’s feelings toward Tessie Hutchinson change drastically as she “selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands” (The Lottery). Mrs. Delacroix starts out as a benign character in The Lottery, not cruel, but significant. As the story progresses, Tessie Hutchinson, a friend of Mrs. Delacroix’s, draws a slip of paper that decides her fate. Instead of joining Tessie in saying that the drawing was not fair, Mrs. Delacroix becomes a monster and joins the mob’s mentality as it approaches Tessie and begins throwing stones at