Irony In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
The story “The Lottery”, is famous because it is an unexpected macabre ironic story written by Shirley Jackson, who suffered from mental and physical illness. The lottery is famous activity of the town. Like a normal lottery, the community gets together and participate once a year. Although it sounds nice, the winner of that lottery is murdered. With the use of irony, Jackson gives a fine and happy story, a horrific twisted end.
Irony begins before we begin to read, because we associate lottery with something pleasant. The day is warm and everything seems right, and yet someone will be stoned to death before the day finishes. The characters in the story know it, the reader desn’t. We trust Jackson when she says that lottery is a harmless tradition.
Irony begins before we begin to read, because we associate lottery with something pleasant. The day is warm and everything seems right, and yet someone will be stoned to death before the day finishes. The characters in the story know it, the reader desn’t. We trust Jackson when she says that lottery is a harmless tradition.