Do as I say.

The “Lottery” is a short story based on irony because if you win you get stoned until you die. You have no choice or way to get out of it and if you’re picked you die no other options. This shows us that the theme of the story is control they are controlled and they have to follow the traditions.

They are controlled to show up and each father or man in the family picks a slip if there is a black dot on it their family is chosen. If a family is chosen they all draw slips and if they have a black dot on theirs they get to have the whole town throw rocks at them until they die. This obviously shows the theme control because they have no option to die or not and they all know that so people don’t put up a really big fight.

The whole story is based on control they show up and have no choice not to come. They pick a slip and have no choice not to picks one. Not even the family that is chosen argues that one their loved one is picked and has to die they all know they are being controlled and it is shown widely throughout the story and is one of the biggest themes that controls the story.