The Lottery

There's a lot of symbols in this short story but the one that stuck out the most was the black box. The larger theme this connects to is death. The box is black. Black is a dark color and dark colors such as black, navy blue, and gray represent death sometimes. The box was described as old, black, splintered, and other negative descriptions. At the end the lady ended up dying; she was stoned. She pulled the paper from the black box and she "won" the lottery.

Ciera.