Irony Depicted in The Lottery
Irony often makes us laugh but it sometimes makes us gasp. Such is thecase with Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery." Through sceneswith the setting, the characters, and even the title of the story provide afalse sense of what the story is about. This false sense allows Jackson toeffectively demonstrate how people can become creatures of habit. The setting of the story is ironic in that it is misleading. In thebeginning of the story, we are told that the morning was "clear and sunny"(Jackson 617) and the "flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass wasrichly green" (617). These are images that represent life and living atits fullest. The situations in which the characters are placed are alsomisleading. We are under the impression that he town is gathering for anevent that is somewhat cheerful and certainly not terrifyi
To conclude, Shirley Jackson employs the literary technique of irony in"The Lottery" to emphasize the nature of man. It is ironic that he becomes the personwho is in charge of the event that will take someone's life. Additionally, Old Man Warner should be wise but instead he demonstrates hislack of wisdom when he does not what to consider doing away with thelottery as other towns have done. Perhaps the outcome is the most ironic. He is also in charge of the papers. Delacroix that she forgot what day it was as ifthe lottery were no big deal. The title and the ending of the story are also very ironic. A lotteryis generally an event that means that someone will win something, not losesomething (let alone their life). This statement becomes ironic when we learnof Mrs. Ironically, the person whowins the lottery receives their death sentence from Mr. For example, the nameSummers is a symbol of life, yet Mr. While the town gathers for its yearly lottery,Mrs.
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