In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” the plot is about a drawing in a small town where the results of the lottery are not quite what the reader would expect. The town picks up stones and pebbles to contribute to the outcome of the lottery. Everyone in the town must attend the lottery and each family must draw one paper slip out of the black box. The family that draws the slip of paper with the black dot on it must draw again for each person in the family. In this story, there are many different types of irony, goodwill from the community, and the practice of cruelty.
There are quite a few different ironies in this story. Jackson says, “The morning of June 27th was a clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the
There are quite a few different ironies in this story. Jackson says, “The morning of June 27th was a clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the