The setting of a story helps create a clearer picture in the reader's mind and makes it easy to identify with what the characters are feeling . Jackson uses normal descriptions misleading the reader into a false commonality. The morning of June 27 was clear and sunny with the cool warmth of a full summer day; the flowers bloomed profusely (Jackson 134). Jackson uses a beautiful summer day to make the reader think about what happens on a summer day. This description of the setting occurs early in the story, so Jackson immediately tries to fool the reader into believing that June 27 is a perfect day. The reader's mindset is not to think about how someone is supposed to get high on a cool summer day. Soon the men began to gather, peering at their own children, talking about plantations and rain and tractors and taxes. The women wearing faded dresses and sweaters arrived shortly after their men. They greeted each other and exchanged gossip as they went to join their husbands (Jackson 135). Men and women wait for the lottery to start and pass the time by socializing with each other. A summer day when women wear their house dresses seems like a wonderful time for everyone. The women talk about the latest gossip and the men talk about tractors and taxes. Jackson makes people appear oblivious to the fact that someone is going to die in 2 hours while the reader imagines a