The Lottery, short story written by Shirley Jackson, is full of irony. The very first one is the title it’s self. Everyone wants to win the lottery and in this case nobody wanted to be the chosen one because it meant death. Another irony is when Tessie Hutchison wants to defend her husband from being the chosen one and asks for a second drawing and she ends up with the marked slipped. Tessie the protagonist had even forgotten to go to the lottery and showed up at the last minute. The community the antagonists in this story had received Tessie with joy and they seem to enjoy the idea of her being chosen. Symbolism is also used for example the black box. Black means death. It also reminds me of Pandora’s black box a box filled with greed, envy, fear, and crime. The point of view of the story is in third person objective. We do not know what the characters are thinking. Tessie faces the conflict of man vs. society because she is being forced to participate in something she does not want to be in, but she has to because it is part of the tradition.
It was a very entertaining story. Completely different from First Confession. It has a surprising ending that readers will enjoy.
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