Lottery By Shirley Jackson

When I read this story, I was in schock on how this " lottery" is. She, the author's theme for this story is very cruel and crude. She first starts out as explaning in a sunny day in the summer time. She describes that this is a very small village in the 1940s. It also explains that this town is very traditional towards this particular town with a ritual they have. Everytime, they get together and pick someone from the family who will get sacrificed by their village. As they get together, a lady who has a family is being picked for the ritual. As she is being picked, she is being hit by rocks by the villagers. When they already know its going to be her, they start to get ready to throw her rocks At the end of the story, she starts to say " it's not fair" to the vilagers, but the villagers keep on hitting her.