“The original paraphernalia for the lottery has been long lost ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box.” (Jackson 292) “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson tells the story of how a terrible tradition unfolds in a dystopian society. The Lottery, occurring annually, results in the murder of one “lucky” winner who is pelted with stones by the rest of the town. With these sentences, Jackson uses a basic concept to draw attention to a universal flaw of human beings. She describes how humans fear nonconformity, and how detrimental the power of tradition can be to civilization. Tessie Hutchinson is murdered by the rest of the town because she is “marked” by the Lottery. These sentences describe how the town blindly follows the tradition th