Old Man Warner doesn’t accept this theory and thinks they are crazy and quotes them as Pack of crazy fools (Jackson, p2) for wanting to stop the lottery. According to Old Man Warner, the lottery is the only event keeping our society stable thus, gives us a glimpse how the town ended up this way. He believes if the lottery is retired as a tradition, as quoted They’ll be wanting to go back to living in caves. The younger generations try there hardest to persuade Old Man Warner to trash the lottery because there’s no use. Therefore, Old Man Warner represents the town at heart. Old Man Warner is the oldest man in town and understands the towns traditions. Old Man Warner is important in the story not only because he’s been in 77 lotteries throughout his whole life, it’s because he is a important symbol in the story introduced by the author. With the introduction of Old Man Warner, the story gives us a glimpse of history and his role in the story as a symbol. In The Lottery, the setting is ironic because the author contradicts the typical meaning of summer.
The lottery takes place during the summer which represents an important event for the town. Summers is introduced which represents the season of the story. The story correlates the black box with a coffin which is a symbol used after people pass away. Another symbol that is ironic is the Black Box.
Thus, the symbol of Graves is an early introduction into the ironic story. For example, people who win the lottery ultimately lose their life. This is ironic because winning the lottery and death doesn’t go together. One symbol of foreshadowing in the story is the character’s name Mr. “The Setting in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery””
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