The Color Black In The Lottery, By Shirley Jackson - 959 Words

The Color Black In The Lottery, By Shirley Jackson - 959 Words the lottery black box The slips are folded and placed in an age-stained black wooden box which is stored in a safe at Mr Summers' office until the lottery is scheduled to begin the masters lottery The black box represents the many years that the lottery has taken place in the village, and the villagers' connections to their ancestors Black, of course, is

the masters lottery The story places a black box as the core of the lottery paraphernalia to foreshadow an imminent evil A friend commented that the splintered

the ankh protector slot Graves, followed him, carrying a three- legged stool, and the stool was put in the center of the square and Mr Summers set the black box down on it The Shirley Jackson spends so much time describing the black box because it is a symbol of the lottery itself: something the village clings to