Shirley Jackson’s short story “ The lottery” sets place in an ordinary town getting ready to participate in their annual lottery, however Jackson's early use of foreshadowing and symbolic figures unfolds the truth behind the lottery. As we read on, it is revealed that the winners of the lottery are instead chosen to be sacrificed in order to fulfill the tradition that has been culturally influenced through generations. The story also revolves over the townspeople’s who feel its mandatory to keep the ritual alive even though it is evident that the foundation of its logic behind the satanic tradition is long gone. The black box which is used in the story to portray the deed of scarification symbolizes the death of the winners, the entrapment
