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Shirley Jackson title of her short story The Lottery” gives the reader the impression that it maybe about a person winning the lottery or something of that nature. As the story goes on the reader finds out that is not the case. The plot development of The Lottery is rather simple, on June 27th, people of a small village gather for the annual drawing of the lottery. Tessie Hutchinson arrives late, but in a good mood to know the results, when her family is selected she becomes hysterical. She begs for mercy as the village people beat her up with stones for she was the one that ended up winning the lottery.
The basic situation of the plot in the short story The Lottery is the gathering of the village people. “The morning of June 27th was a clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer…The people of the village began to gather in the square (Jackson 255). The way the day was described by Jackson lets the reader to believe that the lottery may be something good. Jackso...