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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 that the lottery is an event where something is won, but as the story progresses, one realizes that the lottery is a death sentence.At the beginning of the story everything seemed like it was going perfectly throughout the town and everyone was happy and all the kids were playing together. "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." (1)  At the end of the story this town is not a happy place. "it isn't fair, it isnt right!" Mrs.Hutchinson screamed and then they were upon her.(8) If you won the lottery you were sentenced to death by having everyone in town throw rocks at you from only about a foot away. This is how Mrs. Hutchinson dies and that is why she is screaming about the lottery not being fair. Mrs. Hutchinson realizes that this is not a fair deal because you can live or die by chance and that should not decide your death and it shouldn't be as painful as it is.