In Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery", villagers gather together for the upcoming lottery. The lottery is an annual event, on June 27th, which everyone in the community participates. Mr. Summers, a well-known businessman, is in charge of the lottery, and Mr. Graves, the postmaster, assists as well. The lottery this year is not in any way unordinary. The children arrive first to the town square, and quickly gather stones. The women and men converse with each other like any other day. All is well in the community until Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves enter with the black box (Jackson 74).
             With its weathered paint and splintered wood the box looks as old as the lottery tradition even though it is not the original box. In fact the box isn't the only thing that has changed since the original lottery. Back when the lottery first started they used wood chips as tickets, but since the community has grown larger Mr. Summers has opted to use slips of paper (Jackson 75). Even with these slight changes nothing seems as controversial as the lottery its self. When talk of other communities discontinuing the lottery occurs, Mr. Warner, the oldest man in town, goes on to say, "Nothing but trouble in that. Pack of young fools (Jackson 77)." With this said the lottery keeps going as it does each year.
             The lottery is conducted in phases. First, Mr. Summers makes sure that each family is present, and that they each have a representative to draw for them. Then each family representative, one by one, comes to the stage to draw a slip of paper (Jackson 76). After Mr. Summers calls each family representative forward they will each open their slip, and which ever family receives the black dot will get to draw again to determine the lottery. This year the Hutchinson family receives the black dot. When Tessie Hutchinson hears the news about their fate she goes into a frenzy and tries to make her married...