Jackson never wanted the reader to know exactly what he meant when he decided to use names that coincided with the message he was trying to portray. I myself as a reader did not notice the coincidence between the names and objects with what was happening in the story. After reading "The Lottery" several times, as a reader, I understood. Through research I was able to read between Jackson's lines and understand why he used specific names and objects. Numerous symbolic connotations have been found in the “Lottery”. Mrs. Delacroix, Mr. Summers, Mr. Graves, the black box, etc. they all had their own way of symbolizing something different making the story contain more irony and