Literature
The Lottery (1949)
6/27 · Shirley Jackson
On the morning of June 27th, the villagers of a small American town gather cheerfully in the square for the annual lottery — an old civic tradition the children celebrate by collecting stones in piles. By noon, one family's name has been drawn, one member's slip marked with a black dot, and the village — friends and family alike — closes in to stone Tessie Hutchinson to death in the warm summer sunshine.