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The Lottery: Theme and Irony
Like most stories The Lottery has a theme and irony. The story leaves the reader to debate over what the prize may be. The title lets the reader know that there is something, either good or bad, being given as the prize. A lottery is a gamble that someone takes to win a certain prize.
The title when looked upon by the reader tells he/she that a prize of some sort is involved in the story ....
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.... remembered it was the twenty-seventh she ran to the village. Ironically she was running to her death.
The theme of The Lottery is that people do not care when something does not, immediately or personally, affect them. Before Tessie was chosen she looked forward to the lottery but since she was picked she objected and thought the whole thing was dumb. The main theme of the story ends up being the golden rule: Do unto others, as you would have them d ....
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