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Question 5 • (AG Q3) ELA 8: 25-26 (SWilliams)

How is the lottery ironic in the story?

Answer

A

Usually a lottery winner is considered lucky, but the lottery winner in this story is put to death.

B

The lottery winners in this story are considered lucky because they get to harvest corn, but they are already farmers.

C

Mrs. Dunbar fills in for her husband at the lottery since he broke his leg and their son Horace is too young to draw.

D

Old Man Warner has been in the lottery seventy-seven times, but has yet to be the winner.

Explanation

A lottery usually offers the winner a prize or good fortune, but in Shirley Jackson’s story, the person selected is stoned to death. That reversal makes the lottery ironic. Choice A describes this contrast; the other choices do not explain the central irony.

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