Jackson's description of boys collecting rocks seems innocent (Jackson, 327). However, Jackson twists this description to imply that the crowd threw rocks at Tesse Hutchinson for receiving a black spot (Jackson, 332). This ironic scene changes readers' symbolism of the pebbles. What Jackson did was describe what ordinary people would do and give the story another meaning. Usually, small children collected pebbles to play stone skipping; however, this became the religious act that people would perform: stoning a person to death. What leads to Tesse's fate is people's ignorance in canceling tradition, Tesse's reminder of injustice in the lottery, and Bill's surprising discovery holding a blank sheet of paper (Jackson, 331-332). These events foreshadow Tesse's death, including the setting and character description. This makes the author's point of view successful in showing enough detail about the setting, characters, and events to leave readers with a surprising and depressing conclusion. Truly, a lottery can change a person's life into that of the author