First, in Shirley Jackson's “The Lottery” there are many occurrences of irony. The first example is that The wife Tessie Hutchinson's was the last to get to the drawing but was the first to die. The second example of irony is that when tessi gets to the drawing she makes the comment "Wouldn't have me leave m'dishes in the sink, now, would you. Joe?," when she doesn't know that she won't be going back to her house. The third and final example of irony is when an old lady gives the little boy Davey a rock to throw at his own mother and the little boy doesn't even understand what is going on, they are teaching him about what to do before he is old enough to fully understand what is happening. There was a lot of irony in the story, but the irony is what gave the story it’s meaning. Second, in Ray Bradbury's “All Summer in a Day” many occurrences of irony are in this story. The first example of irony is that the person who wanted to see the sun the most did not get to see it and the kids who didn't believe that the sun would come out did get to see it. The second example of …show more content…
The first example of irony is that Mrs. Wright committed a crime and did wrong, but her name is Mrs. Minnie Wright. The second example of irony is that the jury is supposed to made up of her “peers” but two of the people that were in the jury was a Sheriff and a County Prosecutor, which are not considered “peers”. The third example of irony is that in the jury there were three men and two women, the men had the women stay in the kitchen to look for evidence while the men looked everywhere else, though the men did not stop to think that a kitchen is where a woman spends most of her time which would be where they would find the evidence. The fourth example of irony is that the women find the evidence that she killed her husband, but they try to hide it because they think about the reasons she could have done