"The Lottery"

Geez, as I read this I swear heard the theme to the Twilight Zone. The black box in "The lottery" by Shirly Jackson is a symbol of dark mystery that in my psyche is never good; however the symbol of the lottery has alway represented something positive for me. The discription of the black box and what I supposed was its purpose, dispensation of the lottery, right away made suspicious of something I had viewed as positive, the lottery. These contrasting symbols made the story that much more intriguing and scary to me.