The Lottery – Shirley Jackson (1948)
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- The story describes a seemingly normal village gathering for an annual lottery on a sunny summer day.
- The ritual, conducted by Mr. Summers, involves drawing slips of paper from an old, shabby black box, with traditions that have faded over time.
- Tessie Hutchinson arrives late and protests when her husband Bill draws the marked slip, leading to a second drawing among their family.
- Tessie draws the slip with a black spot and is stoned to death by the villagers, including her friends and neighbors, as part of the tradition.