Situational Irony In The Lottery

Situational Irony Nick Fish October 20th 2016 ElA E Period Madame Liosel a young woman born through a family of artisans thought she deserved more than a middle class life. Instead of a rich, wonderful life, Mathilde had a gruesome, rough life in which she shares it with here rich high class husband who cannot pay off the fake necklace. This small pieces of situational irony, or unexpected twist, comes from Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace.” in Maupassant’s tale, she employs situational irony too, not only surprise the reader, but to also fill the reader with a sense of horror. Authors often utilize this unexpected twist to produce an odd emotion in the reader's mind. O. Henry does this in the story “The Ransom Of Red Chief.” Shirley Jackson also does it in his tedious short story “The Lottery.” By reading and scrutinizing these short stories, “The Ransom Of Red Chief” and

Henry uses situational irony to create a humorous story called “The Ransom Of Red Chief.” For example, the kidnapping victim actually enjoys being kidnapped. This is ironic because when people are kidnapped, they are filled with fright and a strong urge to go home. The kidnappers have been asking Johnny the boy if he would like to go home the boy states, “‘Aw, what for?’ . . . ‘I don’t have any fun at home’”(41). Another example, situational irony is used to add humor to “The Ransom Of Red Chief” is that the kidnappers have to pay john’s the small boy's dad for him to take the kid back. The irony of this is when people are kidnapped the kidnappers ask for money in exchange for the kid back, but this story takes a strange twist and the father of little John ask for “ ‘two hundred and fifty dollars in cash, and I will agree to take him off your hands’ ”(52). In the story “The Ransom Of Red Chief” the author used situational irony to create a humorous