Throughout the story “The Lottery” the black box is the most notable and prevalent symbol that reoccurs in the book. The Black Box represents the illogical blind loyalty to society's ways. We can see this through many unexplainable actions made by the population of the town. Not only has a whole group, but the actions of a single person as well.
We when think of children we often associate the gentle innocents, and the untainted mind that kids generally have. In the story this gentle innocents is taken advantage of with the illogical blind loyalty to the black box. During the story when Tessie Hutchinson is picked to “get it” we see even her own children throw rocks that kill her. This shows that blind loyalty of the box and the tradition
We when think of children we often associate the gentle innocents, and the untainted mind that kids generally have. In the story this gentle innocents is taken advantage of with the illogical blind loyalty to the black box. During the story when Tessie Hutchinson is picked to “get it” we see even her own children throw rocks that kill her. This shows that blind loyalty of the box and the tradition