The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a fictional story that revolves around a sequence of events about an old annual tradition that ends in a human sacrifice. The plot is centered around the completion of this lottery, with the significant moment being the black dot on Tessie’s paper signaling the climax of the story: her death. The plot is structured chronologically, with the sequence of events in order of the lottery tradition. The story is organized from the initial gathering of the villagers, to the children gathering the stones, and to the process of the lottery which ended Mrs. Hutchinson's life. Foreshadowing of the plot is present in the story. The shocking surprise of murder is hinted at through a character’s name: Mr. Grave and the