Luck Be a Lady... or not. "The Lottery" and "The Hunger Games" and how they're alike

"' It isn't fair, it isn't right,' Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her." Pg. 271
To be honest I think this story would have surprised me a lot more if I hadn't read The Hunger Games series while on summer field studies. I couldn't help but notice the striking resemblance the two works had to one another. Both involve a system where members of a town or district pick a name and the person whose name is picked is pretty much marked for death. Both Tessie and Katnis were females who were forced to endure this torture. Also both attempted to rebel against the system. I won't spoil the ending of The Hunger Games in case you haven't read them (you should :) ), but basically both characters seem to have the odds against them. Also in both stories certain members of the societies even seem to endorse this insanely cruel tradition. A difference is that Katnis took the place of her sister to fight to the death, but Mrs. Hutchinson was picked to be stoned to death. What I can't seem to understand is why Mrs. Hutchinson didn't run. Obviously she was very against the action once she was picked, but she never did anything but say it wasn't fair. A whole lot of good that did her. It sort of reminds me of Eveline when she chose to stay home even though she hated it. Still I think the fact that anyone could think a system like this is fair is crazy. In The Hunger Games children are chosen to fight to the death because of an evil dictator, but in "The Lottery" all the people seem more than willing to participate. I really wanted to scream, "WHY DONT YOU FIGHT BACK!?" Whether its brainwashing or just plain insanity involved here I guess I'll never know. However, I'm interested to know whether The Hunger Games was based off this story now.