Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" uses a black box as a symbol of tradition to convey an underlying message that when communities do not question tradition it may lead to negative outcomes for individuals in the community. In page 26 line 57 "Mr.Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new black box but no one liked it to upset even as tradition represented b the black box” This evidence reveals that if they change the box the tradition will be upset. This quote also reveals the villagers’ attitudes about the tradition that they won't have the tradition still with the same box to continue the tradition In pg 34 Line 328 “ It isn't fair, it isn’t right Mrs.Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her” This evidence
