In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," when everyone opens the slips of paper, it is Bill Hutchinson who finds he has the paper with the black spot on it. It escalates the conflict by showing that Mr. Summers cheated the Hutchinsons by rushing Bill.

It reverses the conflict by suggesting that the villagers are thinking of doing away with the lottery.

It introduces the conflict by showing how Bill's wife Tessie reacts to the news and becomes distraught.

It resolves the conflict when all the papers are gathered back up and placed back in the box.