One of the most important evidence of symbolism throughout the essay is the symbolic black box. This symbolism centralizes the whole story. The reference to the black box as a symbol of death can be seen in many stances throughout the story. For instance, when the box is first introduced, "the villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between themselves and the stool (where the box was placed on) (78)". People are afraid and the distance they kept was not due to their fear of the box, because the box was an indication of death.

Meanwhile, the further illustration of how the villagers stored the

Hence, he gets the name “Old Man Warner”. He claims the “young folks” are a “pack of crazy fools” and that “nothing is good enough for them” (81). This indicates that Jackson refers to him as “Old Man” Warner partly to show you his age and that he should know the most and deepest about the lottery. Nevertheless, it also shows that his oldness, his mindset that he is the wisest, is holding the community back from the good changes that could occur. His aged knowledge is preventing young generations from accepting newly changes.

black box also points to the symbolic meaning of the black box. "The rest of the year, the box was put away, sometimes one place, sometimes another; it had spent one year in Mr. Grave’s barn and another year underfoot in the post office, and sometimes it was set on a shelf in the Martin grocery and left there.(79)" Death is not something that people deal with everyday. How mankind deals with death is very similar to the way that the village-people stored the black box. People place their experiences with death in different rooms.

Often, people talk the fickleness of the world. However, simultaneously, people forget about how deep the tradition ideas have embedded in mankind’s thoughts. People usually obey the “old rules” without concerning about whether it is moral because they have done so; people usually don’t accept negative consequences, even the they are originated from traditions; and people are often affected by elder’s comments. These are only a few of human’s attitudes due to their nature. There are many more of them waiting for people to discover and make changes.

Moreover, Mr. Summers, with all of his importance, had someone over him. Mr. Graves, the postmaster, has more power than Mr. Summers because Mr. Summers had to be sworn in by Mr. Graves before he could have the right to be the official of the lottery. His superiority over Mr. Summers i

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