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In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses a ritual of a small village to show how the community becomes stronger by taking the life of one on the village members. Each year on the morning of June 27th the people of the village conjugate to the town’s square. About 300 people make up the village and all 300 people take part in the event including the children of the men and women. A black box contains as many tickets needed to compensate for as many families there are in the village. The head member of each family draws a ticket from the box. One of the tickets in the black box has a black dot on it. The family with the ticket with the black dot has to redraw to see which family member gets stoned to death. Bill Hutchinson draws the ticket with the black dot on it. Each member of the Hutchinson family draws again and Tessie Hutchinson draws the lucky ticket and the village stones her to death. The lottery has been around so long that the black box used to draw ticket out of was being used even before Old Man Warner was born and he has been participating in the lottery for more than 77 years. Each year, the same goes for every other member, Old Man Warner looks forward to the lottery and has a no problems with it. Old Man Warner has never selected the ticket with the black dot on it. In turn, he has never been looked at as an outcast, so he continues to look at the lottery as a way of life.
Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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