The Lottery takes place in a small village. All the people of the town were gathering to the square for the yearly drawing of the lottery. On the way children began to pick up rocks. The paraphenalia for the lottery was a black box that had been used for many years. The heads of the household, the men, came up one by one to draw their luck. When Mrs. Dunbar had to draw for herself beacause her husband couldn't come because of a broken leg she was. When the last person drew everyone opened their papers to see if their paper had the black dot.