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The Lottery By Shirley Jackson And The Hunger Games By Suzzane Collins

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In "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins, the narrators showcase irony through the selected individuals during the selection process. The narrators of both texts used ironic circumstances to choose the "winner" of the selection. In "The Lottery," Ms. Hutchinson, the individual selected to get stoned, had almost missed the selection since she had forgotten the date. Ms.Hutchinson had also blamed Mr. Summers and called the selection unfair. In The Hunger Games, Primrose joined the reaping for the first time, with her name only entered once. Despite her sister entering multiple times to get rations for their family, Primrose was chosen as the female representative for District 12. Both Jackson and Collins used
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