The Irony In "The Lottery"
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Shirley Jackson wrote the story "The Lottery." A lottery is typically
thought of as something good because it usually involves winning something
such as money or prizes. In this lottery it is not what they win but it is
what is lost. Point of views, situations, and the title are all ironic to
the ....
Middle of paper
.... people of the town are happy and going on as if it is every other day.
The situation where Mrs. Hutchinson is jokingly saying to Mrs. Delacroix
"Clean forgot what day it was"(311) is ironic because something that is so
awful cannot truly be forgotten. At the end of the story when Mrs.
Hutchinson is chosen for the lottery, it is ironic that it does not upset
her that she was chosen. She is upset because of the way she is chosen.
She shows this by saying "It isn't fair, it isn't right" (316) ....
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