"A stone hit her on the side of the head."
The end to the story is unexpected. The narrator discusses a lottery, and its tradition. Everything seems normal. The interactions between people seem as would be accepted in a normal functioning community. There is no mention or allusion to the barbaric act of stoning someone. They are desensitized the the brutality to which they will participate in. There attitudes, in a subtle way, mimic the narrator's attitude. The narrator narrates from an objective point of view. He makes no judgment on the situation but merely reports the facts on the situation. I am guessing the author chose this route to add an element of surprise. The ending is unexpected because there is no clues to the atrocity that will unfold.
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