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Ironically, Mrs. Hutchinson is completely fine with someone else winning. but when she finds out it is her, it becomes unfair. The author presents underlying deep meaning in the action of Mrs. Hutchinson.

The lottery is a short story written by American author Shirley Jackson. It was published in 1948 in The New Yorker. The story is set in a small American town where people have an annual tradition called "Lottery" in which a person is by chance selected and stoned with a belief of a good harvest.

Irony refers to the juxtaposition of surface presentation and the underlying meaning of the action. Mrs. Hutchinson's behavior is ironic as she pretends to be completely unaffected if someone else wins but if she wins the lottery, she feels it is an unfair selection. Mrs. Hutchinson finds it completely fine to stone a person along with the rest of the people but finds it appalling if she is the one to be stoned by everyone.

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