“The Lottery” By Shirley Jackson

Some places have already quit lotteries Mrs Adams said Nothing but trouble in that, Old Man Warner said stoutly Pack of young fools Martin

Old Man Warner criticizes other towns that have given up their lottery tradition and brags about how many lotteries he's seen The characters

the best lottery to play 'The Lottery' tells the story of a tradition that has been upheld by a small town for many years: casting of stones as form of sacrifice

the invisible man slot Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, was born Mr Seventy-seventh year I been in the lottery, Old Man Warner said as he went through the crowd