The black box is an old, beat up box that represents the villagers loyalty to it and the tradition of the lottery. This box is nearly falling apart, hardly even black anymore, but the villagers are unwilling to replace it. Subsequently, the villagers base their attachment of the box towards nothing more rather than a story. Therefore, the story states this box was made from pieces of another older black box. Insisting on the use of the black box is apparent to the theme because they blindly follow the traditions. The box has no impact on the villagers, rather than that they have always used it, so they will continue to.
