Characters:

Tessie Hutchinson
When Tessie Hutchinson arrives late to the lottery, admitting that she forgot what day it was, she
immediately stands out from the other villagers as someone different and perhaps even threatening.

Old Man Warner

Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, has participated in seventy-seven lotteries and is a staunch
advocate for keeping things exactly the way they are.

Mr. Summers
Despite his breezy, light-hearted name, Mr. Summers wields a frightening amount of power in the
village, married, childless business owner.
Setting:
In a small village, in the summer. Indetermined year
Plot:

This is a really short short story. It goes like this: Theres this lottery in the town, organized by Mr
Summers. Everyone gathers around at 10:00, and many people have stones with them. Mr Summers has
a black box with everyones family on pieces of paper. He calls up the men of each family to draw a
piece of paper. After everyone draws it turns out that the Hutchinson family picked the marked piece of
paper. so they put more pieces of paper in the box and then everyone in the Hutchinson family picks a
piece of paper out of the box. This time Tess Hutchinson picked the paper with the black dot. The entire
time she was bitching about the lottery. So, she went up in front of the people, and her "prize" was
getting stoned by the townspeople.
Themes:
Society and Class
Tradition and Customs
Family
Point of View:
Third Person (Objective)

Scene and Mood:

Suspense