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Shirley Jackson effectively develops irony throughout the story. The lottery usually means that someone's going to win something like a bonanza. Also the story was telling us that it was a nice sunny day in the summer. Then the lottery is that if you win you get begged by rocks until you die. The first quote is the morning of june 27th was a clear and sunny, with fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. it was a nice day they were going to gather for the lottery and was Assuming that someone is going to win money but, it was actually whoever one got hit by stones until they die. My second quote is that tessie

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