Tessie Hutchinson’s character is shown through S.T.E.A.L. Her speech changes from joking with other villagers to shouting :it isn’t fair! when her family is chosen. Her thoughts go from thinking the lottery is safe to realizing and fearing death. Her effect on others shifts from being a friendly neighbor to disrupting the calm lottery with her panic. Her actions turn from late joking to nervousness. Finally, her looks are change , she starts as a normal woman to ends as a victim.