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Title: Situational Irony in The Lottery
Description: An essay describing the situational irony used by Shirley Jackson in "The Lottery." 8th grade or higher.
Description: An essay describing the situational irony used by Shirley Jackson in "The Lottery." 8th grade or higher.
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Victor Fteha
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Situational irony, as defined by Dictionary
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” In other words, the story very well seems that it will
go one way, but later the reader is shocked to find out that something totally different occurred;
or, in a similar situation, there’s a contradiction of thoughts
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One would expect it to be the
safest place from fire, but the tragedy just so happened that way — no explanation provided
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For example, the whole story is
about the drawing of the lottery, which we would consider today as a happy event
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And this is why, as it states, “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full
of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest
stones” (Jackson 1)
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Yet this in itself is a paradox: For what good does it do to rid of sins by
committing more sins? The world may never know
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Summers, that is
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This diverts even more from the reader’s high expectations for someone
with such an uplifting name
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Title: Situational Irony in The Lottery
Description: An essay describing the situational irony used by Shirley Jackson in "The Lottery." 8th grade or higher.
Description: An essay describing the situational irony used by Shirley Jackson in "The Lottery." 8th grade or higher.