In “The Lottery,” author Shirley Jackson employs a detached point of view to demonstrate how a seemingly regular event masks the senseless violence cause by a group in order to warn about the dangers of conforming to traditions without thinking. Until the end of the short story, it is not clear what the annual event is. In fact, it seems like an average gathering that can potentially happen in real life. Children stack stones, and there is a friendly atmosphere among the adults. However, the objectiveness of the narration leads to no indication that a killing is just about to take place. Soon, this believable situation becomes unthinkable as the very stones the children were playing with become weapons. Even the victim’s son is given pebbles