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In Shirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery", irony is illustrated through the community event of the lottery. Initially, the reader begins to assume the lottery is an event where somrthing is won, but as the story progresses, one realizes that the lottery is a death sentence. The "happy" setting Shirley writes of makes the reader believe the story is happy. "The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green." Summer is usually a symbol of life, freedom and happiness, which we're tricked to believe will be shown in this story. When we read on, we see that something bad will come out of the lottery. We find out at the end that the lottery being won means being stoned to death and ones family turns on them. "The children had stones already. And someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles." Davy, being her own flesh and blood shouldn't be throwing stones. Nor should the rest of her family.