Symbolism

         In the story The Lottery Shirley Jackson there are many symbols. One of the symbolism  is the  black box. The black box meant death and tradition because every year they would pick a name from the black box and who every won get rocks thrown at them. Another symbolism is the black rocks because the rocks meant death and torture. It meant death because the rocks would kill you and when the rocks are getting thrown at you are getting tortured.

         Another reason is the black spotted ticket is it meant death and curse.  It meant that because when you got picked you would die because the rocks would kill you. This is important because if there was not winner there would be not point with this tradition.  Also this is a tradition so there has to be a winner every year.