Read the Instructions and answer the question below. QUESTION: Discuss symbolism in “the lottery”

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Title: Symbolism in The Lottery
Introduction
The story The Lottery expresses the feeling of the author concerning the traditional rituals through her story. Through the story the author sheds the light on some of the cruel tradition that are followed currently. The story pacifies a fictitious town and the annual sacrifice ceremony, which takes place there. It can be considered as a narration of selection process of an individual who would be sacrificed and the selection is considered extremely rich in symbolism.
The symbolism in the lottery would be the stones, The Black Box and The marked slip of paper.
The Stones
The stones that were used by the villagers in the story to kill the victim selected by the lottery are channelized throughout the story. The stone is characterised as the symbol of violence due to its repetitive use as it is particularly used by the humans often. In the beginning it was described how the young children gathered...