"The Lottery"

The possible significance I find in the story are as follows: The village square symbolizes the central meeting place of the rituals or traditions, almost like in medieval movies where the king always addresses the people from the balcony of this castle. I think Mrs. Hutchinson's apron symbolizes her hard work as a mother and wife. Old Man Warner symbolizes one who has been involved in this ritual for a long time: "Seventy-seventh year I've been in the lottery" (409). Also, he is kind of the bad guy, he is against changing the tradition and thinks the idea of doing so is foolish: "Pack of crazy fools", "Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back and live in caves" (408). The slips of paper represent the process of the sacrifice, kind of like the grim reaper. The black spot symbolizes the choosing of who will be sacrificed.
The fact that it's summer symbolizes freedom for the kids from school, freedom for the cold of winter and just the plain understanding of 'summer romance.' The fact that the lottery is drawn in the summer is almost like it's the right time to do a sacrifice so that the rest of the people can enjoy their summer.
I think the names do have significance to the story, Summers, the fact that it's summer. graves, because you dig a grave for person to bury them. Adams, maybe because of Adam and Eve and the punishment for the sins. Delacroix, is a French originated name, could have something to do with the french/Indians and some rituals they did?
Really the only significant symbolic role I found for the kids in the story, is when they were playing around before the lottery started; they weren't apprehensive about it, it was just something they had grown up with and weren't upset by the thought of it.
I found that with Mr. Summers dressed in a clean white shirt and blue jeans, but I didn't find any significance to the way the people as a whole dressed. I found that the people were joking with each other and kind of making light of the situation. Such as when (when their name was called): "'Get up here, Bill,' Mrs. Hutchinson said, and the people near her laughed" (408).