Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

Jackson suggests that this box symbolizes “the body of tradition—once oral but now written—which the dead hand of the past codified in religion, mores,

The villagers have no good reason for wanting to keep the black box aside from a vague story about the box's origins, and the box itself is falling apart

what is a slot pull THE LOTTERY 8 you? Why is the black box described as battered? Are there any other symbols in the story? The black box is described as battered to imply that

what is pre flop in poker The Black Box and Symbolism In The Lottery, the black box takes on a profound symbolic role, embodying the unyielding power of tradition