“The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a disturbing social practice in a village. Furthermore, in the small village where the setting took place there were about three hundred citizens. The introduction of the “lottery” concerns an event that takes place every year on the 27th of June, where community members of this tradition organize a lottery. Everyone in the village, from young children to adults, is expected to participate. Furthermore, when this story was first introduced in 1948 by Shirley Jackson, many people were shocked. That's because this story was so strange to undertake in modern, enlightened times. Furthermore, understanding the fact of how the inhabitants of that village practiced and participated in such a barbaric ritual and archaic event was not accepted by the people. Additionally, people who read the story commented that modest people in the Midwest are superstitious and backward. Here, Jackson successfully conveyed with his subtle writing style that something is about to happen. He also used a third-person point of view when writing this story. The third person point of view allowed the author to keep the outcome of the story exposition. This then led the reader to consider that everything is fine but in reality there is something wrong. Also, what can be seen from history is that people were different compared to the present, there is a huge difference in cultural practices. Therefore the actions in history go in the opposite direction to the opinion of people in the present in terms of the value of life, violence and the development of respect in a family. The Lottery is a complete short story...... middle of paper ......'s Collide: The Hudad Crimes of Islamic Law and International Human Rights,” New York International Law Review, (Summer 2000). Jackson, Shirley. "The lottery." The Harper Fiction Anthology. Ed Sylvan Barnett. New York: HarperCollins, 1986. 862-868The Jerusalem Post Newspaper, Online News from Israel. Judge Elon's opinion in the Tamir case. (1999). translated into English, it is reprinted in full in Elon, Jewish Law (Mishpat Ivri): Cases and Materials, New York: Matthew Bender & Co, Inc. Stoning to Death of Couple in Indian "Inter-Caste" Marriage Reviled Written by Francis Wong Monday 7 June 2010 18:43http://www.pres-outlook.com/news-and-analysis/1-news-a-analysis/10009-stoning-to-death-of-coppia-in-indian-inter- caste- wedding-reviled.htmlTariq Ramadan. April 2, 2005. Calls for a moratorium on stoning in the Islamic world,