The Lottery is a story that talks about Tessie Hutchinson, a mother of three children, that is chosen to be stoned by her village. In the morning Everyone gathers to the town square preparing for the event. Children start gathering stones and setting them down in the town square. Everyone is on their way for the occasion starting at 10:00 A.M. Tessie Hutchinson woke up a little late to be present for the big event and asked her friends what day it was, since she forgot. Her friends reminded her that it was the day of the lottery!. Once everyone was settled, the mayor brought a big, black wooden chest full of different papers, one of which that included a black dot covered in lead. The mayor called out each family’s names alphabetically. Once the Hutchinsons were called out, Tessie asked if they could decline the punishment, many people disagreed so she went on with it. Once, the mayor was done calling out for their names, it turned out that the chest still contained 4 more raffles, so then the Hutchinsons decided to finish them off by picking them out and leaving nothing behind. the three children first opened their raffle, nothing was on it. Then the husband opened, still a blank sheet of paper. Once it was Mrs. Hutchinson’s turn, her husband snatched the paper from her and revealed the led colored dot on the paper to the whole town. Once shown, everyone started to pick up the stones the kids have gathered and started stoning her. People stoned her because they were sacrificing her for their ancestors.
