The Lottery

In the story "The Lottery" there are many uses of symbolism.  For example the black box because black symbolizes death.  Not just the black box but also the stones that the children are playing with because someone ends up getting stoned in the end.  But all these things mean one thing in the end; there is lack of leadership.  It means this because there is no one to really take control in the situation and they just gang up the person that is picked.  Something else I noticed was that Tessie(Who got stoned) was late, and she kept complaining about this being unfair, which who knows maybe the rigged the lottery so she would die.  So next time you speak out of order or are late maybe you will be the next one to die.