<P> The lottery preparations start the night before with Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves making the paper slips and the list of all the families . Once the slips are finished, they are put into a black box, which is stored overnight in a safe place at the coal company . The story briefly mentions how the ballot box has been stored other years in various places in the town . </P> <P> On the morning of the lottery, the townspeople gather close to 10 a.m. in order to have everything done in time for lunch . First, the heads of the extended families draw slips until every family has a slip . Bill Hutchinson gets the one slip with a black spot, meaning that his family has been chosen . The second round would ordinarily be to select one household within the family, but since there is only one Hutchinson household (Bill's adult sister and daughter are counted with their husbands' families), the second round is skipped . </P> <P> The final round is for the individual family members within the winning household to draw, no matter their age . Bill's wife Tessie gets the marked slip . After the drawing is over and Tessie is picked, the slips are allowed to fly off into the wind . In keeping with tradition, each villager obtains a stone and begins to surround Tessie . The story ends as Tessie is stoned to death while she bemoans the unfairness of the situation . </P> <P> One of the major ideas of "The Lottery" is that of a scapegoat, or someone who is blamed for society's evils and is banished in a sort of renewal ritual . The act of stoning someone to death yearly purges the town of the bad and allows for the good . This is hinted in the references to agriculture . </P>

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