unremembered, but residents are present to take part in it. The children in the village created a “great pile of stones” in one corner of the stoning square. The civic-minded Mr. Summers has been sworn in and then he hands a piece of paper to the head of each family. When it is discovered the Hutchinson family has drawn the marked slip, each member of the family Bill, Tessie, and the children is given another slip. Silence prevails as suspense hovers over the proceedings. After helplessly protesting the unfairness of the first drawing, Tessie finds that she holds the marked slip. Set in a clear space, desperately afraid, she feels the first pebbles hitting her as people, holding stones, push forward, "and then they were upon her." Jackson highlights human kind’s capacity to victimize others by having friends and family participates in the killings. In “The Lottery” “Jackson portrays the average citizens of an average village taking part in an annual sacrifice of one of their own resident”(Hicks 149). So this theme will throw emotions and question morality. This story was very cruel because a woman can not back talk any man with out getting in trouble. People are living in this village are very cruel by playing the lottery by “selecting one individual at random from the village”(Oehlschlaeger 153). This is very ironic cause a peaceful and tranquil town where brutal and violent acts happen. “Individuals who are members of smaller families are more likely to be chosen as the sacrificial victim”(Oehlschlaeger 153). When somebody is chosen the villagers believe, based on ancient custom, that someone has to be sacrificed for the good of the village even if that person has not done anything wrong. The violence in this story was strange why would a small village start doing a “tuneless chant” and the “ritual salute,” unless something bad will or might hap...
