"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a community's annual practice of conducting a lottery to victimize one person to death.This practice of sacrificing one member of the community is their way of ensuring the continued sustenance of the people.
In a small community in a fictional town in contemporary America, the time for the <em>"annual lottery" </em>is conducted. The people are made to pick a piece of paper and based on who picks a paper with black spot in it will be stoned to death. This practice is done to ensure the continued sustenance of the village. The lot fell on Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson, who reluctantly had to comply. But not before she exclaimed that "<em>it isn't fair, it isn't right</em>". She then, is stoned to death.
