The Lottery contains elements of horror, irony, tranquility, and convention. Some of the elements that continue in the village and have changed only little.7. The villagers eventually learn that as they grow up, the ritual of choosing a person to stone each year becomes part of their lives. 8. A current tradition that is like the tradition in "The Lottery" is that people and bills must pass through the Senate chamber daily to become laws.9. Tessie Hutchinson became the unlucky lottery loser. Tessie picked up the paper with the black mark on it and was stoned to death. Tessie Hutchinson was late to the lottery, admitting she forgot what day it was. He stood out from the other villagers. He was a free spirit who could completely forget about the lottery. Tessie is the only villager who protested against the lottery.10. Yes, the story needed to be read a second time. Tessie's attempt to get her daughter to cooperate with the family is simply ruthless. When reread, it seemed like Tessie wanted to have one more chance of winning money but, in reality, she's trying to give herself a better chance of not being.