... . Summers finishes calling out the names of the families and they are instructed to then open the papers. Word travels fast the Bill Hutchinson has the black dot. Tessie argues that it wasn't fair because Bill didn't have enough time to select a paper. Mr. Graves dumps the papers out onto the ground and ... Mr. Summers then calls each name again for the Hutchinson's. When they open their papers, they find that Tessie has now drawn the paper with the black dot on it. Mr. Summers instructs everyone to hurry up. The villagers begin to grab stones and run toward Tessie, who stands in the midd...

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• Grade Level: High School

... . The head of each household is called up to draw a random slip of paper out of an old black box. Once each head has been called and someone draws a black dot on their paper, their entire family redraws. Tess of the Hutchinson family wins the final draw and protests about how unfair the lottery is as she faces her certain death ... ...

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... of human sacrifice every year. The tradition is ironically referred to as the lottery wherein the townsfolk randomly draw paper out of a hat and the person that draws the black dot is the person that gets stoned to death. The theme of the story revolves around the strong attachment to tradition and rituals of the people in this town. The people ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... depicted in the film. Tessie's hand tightly seized to the square piece of paper that would surely hold her grim fate waiting in its center in the form of a black dot. Her face became crestfallen and she seemed to search for some reasoning as to the turn or recent events. Those are not the words of Shirley Jackson, but rather a fairly ... ...

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... sacrifice was Mrs. Hutchinson. Here, the author Jackson again uses her name appropriately. "Hutch" is a term for a chest or compartment for storage; basically, a box. Of course she drew that black dot out of the black "box." Her name symbolized her death. Her fate was upon her from the beginning according to Jackson. She shows up late to the meeting joking with ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... children, takes care of home, and accepts her role in society up to a point (Conflicts 1). She rushes her husband to hurry up and draw, but when he gets the black dot, she complains he was rushed (Conflicts 1). Until the reality of the situation set in she was ready and willing to fulfill whatever role her social group set for her (Conflicts ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School