Irony And Foreshadowing In Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
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Short Story Essay Shirley Jackson wrote an abundance of short stories in her lifetime, the most famous being “The Lottery”, which she wrote in 1948. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and would like to read more of Jackson’s works. I loved the way the elements of irony and foreshadowing slowly unfolded the mystery of how the lottery impacted the lives’ of the families in the town. Some of the reasons I would like to read more of Shirley Jackson’s works are the element of irony in her writing, the element of foreshadowing in her writing, and how she left me questioning the lottery in the story. First, the reason why I would like to read more of Shirley Jackson’s stories is the element of irony she put in “The Lottery”. Jackson begins the story