The Lottery's use of Symbolism The short story, Lottery written by Shirley Jackson delineates a tradition which involves the whole city to be present, where one person chooses a name out of the black box and the whole town throws stones at that one person, this occurs every June 27. Through her story she was able to use “The Black Box” and “The Lottery” as a way of symbolism throughout the story. The Black Box is very important because the towns peoples feel as if they must follow through with the tradition of using it every year even though the box gets in a worsening position year after year. “Every year, after the lottery, Mr. Summers began talking again about a new box, but every year the subject was allowed to fade off without anything's being done.” every year the traditions, or they’ll go back to the stone age. The black box has a very powerful meaning . Mr. Werner, the eldest man of the town claims its a must do in the city, he feels as if horrible consequences will be put upon if they don’t go through with the lottery. The lottery brings out the moral of the story, which is that new generations should be followed, and old traditions can be broken when they really need to be. Both the black box and the lottery help to emphasize the meaning. “The original paraphernalia for the lottery had …show more content…
Even if throwing stones at poeple wasn’t considered a type of murder at this time it would be a considered at this time, and back then people considered doing sacrifices as a way of rituals. But Mr. Werner was accentuating by making sure everyone stones Tessi, even though he knew it’d lead to death. “Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head. Old Man Warner was saying, "Come on, come on, everyone."... (Page 245,