We’re introduced to the story with a soft, gentle setting. A summer day, with flowers blooming and grass greener than ever. Children play and compete to see who can collect the smoothest stones. The entire town is preparing for “The Lottery”. At this point, the nature of the lottery is not yet revealed, as the structure of the story is designed to leave the reader guessing. As Jackson states in the following sentence:“The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by Mr.Summers.” This brings the reader to believe that just like a dance, or a club activity, the lottery is just another event. The story maintains this feeling of lightheartedness until the final pages. At the time of the drawing, a woman who slowly is becoming more and more frantic, asks for a re-draw. She then looks down at her piece of paper, realizing that it is marked with a black dot, indicating that she has “won” the lottery. Then, coming as a shock to the reader, she is stoned to death by the townspeople.
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