Stephen L. Carter, an American law professor at Yale University said, “When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.” In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, townspeople randomly persecute their peers. The yearly victims of the strange tradition are guilty of no transgression other than having drawn a marked slip of paper from a box. The lottery is designed so all villagers are equally probable of becoming the victim, including children. The villagers turned against the victim without hesitation; the instant that Tessie Hutchinson chose the marked slip of paper, she lost her respected identity as a popular housewife and became prey for the hunters. Tessie’s closest friends and family eagerly participated in
