Human being has always tended to forget some accidents in the daily life of a person. The story ?hThe Lottery?h by Shirley Jackson describes an unexpected accident in the daily life of a person. By utilizing the concepts of irony, character and setting, Shirley Jackson gives the reader first impression that is a peaceful atmosphere as an American country. Also, Shirley Jackson decides that the winner of the lottery should be Tessie Hutchinson who is not a perfect woman but an ordinary person because the reader would be sympathetic to the character.

In the view of Tessie Hutchinson?fs character, Shirley Jackson gives the reader the impression that Tessie Hutchinson?fs character changes convivial to tragic. She has three kids and is a housewife because she was wearing an apron when she had reached the ritual. Thus, she can be seen as an ordinary happy housewife in the village. However, she made a fatal mistake that she forgot the traditional lottery and arrived at the village square exactly before it started; ?gMrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along the path to the square, her

. Also, the people try to escape from the accidents as much as possible.

While, Irony plays a strong point in the title of the story because when one thinks of lottery, one thinks of a winner who gets much money or gifts. However, in the story, the lottery is the opposite. The winner becomes a target that all villagers stone to death. However, the villagers do not know the original meaning of this ritual because during the ritual Old Man Warner said, ?gIt?fs not the way it used to be?h (427). Irony is also prevalent in the idea that people have changed certain traditions, yet they have kept the worst one that is stoning to death. Also, the irony is that they did change a lot of things, except that they did not change the things that would view them as being ?gcivilized?h people. The color of the box changed but they did not change the symbolism for what the box stood for which was to choose a person?fs death every year: ?g The box grew shabbier each year; by now it was no longer completely black but splintered badly along one side to show the orig!

Shirley Jackson?fs ?gThe Lottery?h is a story is based on the theory

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