When Tessie Hutchinson appears late at the lottery, realizing she had forgotten what day it was, she suddenly sticks out from the other villagers as a wierd person, and maybe even as a danger. While the other ladies arrive quietly at the square, talking with each other and then posing obediently with their spouses.On the day the villagers' main attention is on the lottery, this violation of ownership appears to be unacceptable, perhaps unacceptable; everybody comes to the lottery, so everyone arrives on schedule.I do not even know if Tessie would have challenged the lottery's justice if her family hadn't been picked, but the point is she disturbed the villagers around her and did not listen to her community which is why they had her stoned.
