Beginning: The story opens on a clear, sunny day in a small town where the residents are gathering for the annual lottery. The atmosphere is deceptively cheerful, with children playing and families chatting. The townspeople are preparing for the event, which they have participated in for many years, and there is a sense of excitement and anticipation.

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Middle: As the lottery begins, the tone shifts subtly. The town's official, Mr. Summers, conducts the lottery by drawing slips of paper from a black box. The villagers are nervous but follow the process with a sense of obligation. As the names are drawn, the focus narrows down to one family, the Hutchinsons. Tessie Hutchinson arrives late, but soon the lottery draws nearer to its climax. Tessie becomes increasingly anxious as her family draws slips, and ultimately, her husband, Bill, draws the slip with a black mark, indicating that they are the selected family.

Ending: The climax culminates in a shocking twist as the townspeople turn against Tessie. It is revealed that the "winner" of the lottery is actually chosen to be stoned to death by the community as a ritual sacrifice. Despite Tessie's protests that it is unfair, the townspeople, including her own family, carry out the brutal act, underscoring the blind adherence to tradition and the potential for violence within society. The story ends with Tessie's screams echoing as she is attacked, leaving a chilling impact on the reader.

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Beginning: The story opens on a clear, sunny day in a small town where the residents are gathering for the annual lottery, creating an atmosphere of deceptive cheerfulness. Families chat amicably while children play, all seemingly unaware of the dark tradition that has brought them together year after year.

Middle: As the lottery commences, Mr. Summers, the town official, methodically draws slips of paper from a black box, and the villagers' nervousness begins to permeate the air. The attention concentrates on the Hutchinson family, especially Tessie, who arrives late and grows increasingly anxious as the drawing approaches its climax.

Ending: The shocking climax reveals that the "winner" of the lottery is to be stoned to death, a grim ritual sacrifice that the community accepts without question. As Tessie protests that the draw is unfair, her desperate screams are drowned out by the townspeople, including her own family, who turn against her in blind adherence to tradition, leaving a haunting impact on the reader.