The short story revolves around a community that undertakes something close to a ritual, but they paraphrase it as Lottery. The main purpose of holding the lottery is to ‘sacrifice’ a person from the community regardless of age or the position they hold. The whole community gathers at a square, and the black box holder chairs the meetup. The black box holds an equal amount of folded papers that represent the number of families in the town. The black box holder calls out each family and they ought to respond. Later, the person looks to check whether all family Continue reading...