Lottery
... Swanson The Ironic Lottery In the short story “The Lottery,” written by Shirley Jackson, the reader experiences a real twist, an ironic ending that is carefully foreshadowed throughout the story. ... The first element being foreshadowed is the story’s title, “The Lottery,” itself. Immediately the reader associates the lottery with winning a huge amount of money, a reason to celebrate. As the story unfolds, there are hints that the lottery is not even about winning money at all, but about something evil. ... The official in charge of the lottery, Mr. ... The two exceptions are Old Man Warner, who doesn’t like the changes he is seeing in the villagers’ behavior, and the Hutchinson family, who are identified by first name as it becomes clear that they are the “winners” in the lottery. ... Hutchinson is called “Tessie” only when the reader begins to know she will be the victim of the lottery. Jackson uses several foreshadowing techniques that tell the reader about the fear that seems to be developing in the villagers as the results of the lottery get closer.