“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story about an annual event that occurs in a small village, although the manner in which the ritual takes place has changed over the years, the overall concept remains the same. The people of the village, an estimated 300 people, have their names placed in a decrepit black box, afterwards the people of the village make their way towards box one by one until the “winner” of the lottery is found. Once the lottery is finished, the one with the piece of paper that contains the black dot is stoned to death.