In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery", the conversation takes on an ironic tone in at least two places. One is the commonplace tone of the talk of taxes and everyday life when a death is imminent.
Perhaps more ironic is that Mr. and Mrs. Adams casually suggest that it may be time for the community to quit lotteries with one of them even adding that some communities have already quit. They are, of course, opposed by Old Man Warner who says there has always been and should always be a lottery. Ironically, the text points out that both the Adams couple and Old Man Warner are up front participating in the communal stoning of Tessie.
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