Third, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson uses foreshadowing to develop horror in this short story. In the second paragraph of this short story the narrator talks about children going around to collect rocks and making large piles of them. The reader at first thinks this is an innocent child’s play, but the children are actually preparing the rocks to stone the chosen victim. One of the leaders of the lottery, Mr. Graves, his name represents death. Because you dig graves for dead bodies to bury them. Then, Tessie’s late arrival sets her apart in the story, as she arrived Mr. Summers said, “Thought we were going to have to get on without you, Tessie” (par. 9). This statement gives the reader an eerie idea about Tessie’s faith, in which, she ends