“The Lottery” is a short story written by Shirley Jackson. In “The Lottery,” every summer, to guarantee a good year for crops, a lottery is held in which the town gathers and every family draws a slip of paper from a box. One of the papers has a dot drawn on it, and one member from the family that draws the slip with the dot will be stoned to death, Tessie Hutchinson is the person to be killed. Of the protagonists we have examined this year, Tessie Hutchinson was the least effective due to her poor characterization. One of the causes for her poor characterization was her immorality. When it was Tessie’s husbands turn to draw a slip for the box she urged him up to do it with eagerness. Her immorality is shown by her lack of hesitation, allowing
