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The outcome is ironic because the readers are led to believe everything is fine because we do not really know what anyone is thinking. This point of view enables the ending to be ironic. The situations In ‘The Lottery’ are ironic. The author’s use of words keeps the reader talking that there Is nothing wrong and that everyone Is fine. The story starts by describing the day as ‘clear and sunny'(309). The 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..
Delicacies ‘Clean forgot what day it was'(311) is ironic because something that is awful cannot truly be forgotten. At the end of the story when Mrs.. Hutchinson Is chosen because of the way she is chosen. She shows this by saying ‘It isn’t fair, it isn’t right’ (316). The situation is extremely ironic to the story. The title of the story ‘The Lottery’ is ironic. By reading the title of the story the reader may think that someone is going to win something. In actuality when the reader gets to the end of the story, he finds Just the opposite to be true.
Jackson shows every ay as if it is any other summer day. Jackson foreshadows the events to come by writing: School was recently over for the summer … Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones; … Eventually made a pile of stones in one corner of the square and guarded it against the raids of other boys. (310) After reading this, the reader thinks the children are Just collecting stones because that is what children do. They do not expect the outcome to turn out like it does.
The title has the reader believing that something good is going to happen, and will not know any different until the end of the story. The point of view, situation, and title all contribute to the irony in the story. These are all equally important to the irony and without them the story would not have been as interesting as it was. If these were not included then the story would not be the same and would not keep the readers’ interest. Work Cited Jackson, Shirley. ‘The lottery’ Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. De. Laurie G.