Symbolism In The Lottery

“The Lottery” is about a village that came together on June 27th for the lottery. The lottery is a gathering of all the families that stay in a village that resulted in one individual getting stoned to death. “The Lottery” has many themes. Looking at “The Lottery” the black box and stones, rules and families’ bond, and characters in it explained how their symbolism transformed the story from a random collection of events to a story about people’s willingness to sacrifice other people to follow traditions that no one know the meaning to. The black box and stones of “The Lottery” symbolize how people are willing to sacrifice other people. The color black represents darkness and death. The black box represents the tradition of the lottery. The black box has been use generation after generation for the lottery. The black box is very old and barely looks black anymore, but the people in the village do not really want to change it because of its history. The black stones of “The Lottery” are also used to symbolize how people are willing to sacrifice other people. The black stones are the objects that …show more content…
The lottery is filled with many rules. Mr. Summer creates the paper with every family member’s name of them. Once the lottery began, every individual pull the slips out the old black box. If one of the children is too young or someone is not there to pull a slip the lottery chooses the person to pull a slip in their place. The families’ bond is a big part of the lottery. During the lottery, the families come as one. Each family stood together and each family pulls their slip of paper together. The families’ bond also changed. Once Tessie was selected to be stoned, her family joined other people in the village in stoning her to death. The same family that stood together was now turning against one of their