Question

Can y'all please help me it's due tomorrow

Which part of the story foreshadows the lottery?

How is irony used in the story?

Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Shirley Jackson said she had the setting in the present tense (she wrote it in 1948) in order to “shock the readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” What “pointless violence” and “general inhumanity” is she referring to?

Consider her statement in the question above and your response to it. Then answer: What is the message of the story (or the lesson learned by reading the story)?

Answer 1

1# In the second paragraph, children put stones in their pockets and make piles of stones in the town square, which seems like children playing around until the stones’ true purpose becomes clear at the end of the story.

2# Irony is the basic theme used in the story. Outside was expressed as "a sunny day", but eventually the housewife came across a horrible death (page 715). Two people running the town, Graves and Summers have ironic names.

#3 The lesson learned is there is a danger of going along with tradition