Dave Barry's Use Of Situational Irony

Situational irony occurs when there is a situation which appears to have an assumed conclusion, but then something ironic happens and the end result is different than what was expected. Harrison, the unique son of George and Hazel, is a tall, strong man who is attempting to overthrow the government. He manages to break out of jail and takes control of the television station, declaring himself the Emperor. Just as it appears that he is going to succeed in his takeover, the Handicapper General came into the studio. ”She fired twice, and the Emperor and the Empress were dead before they hit the floor.” This is not the expected outcome and creates irony in this situation.

Irony is a useful device for giving stories many unexpected twists and turns. In Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour," irony is used as an effective literary device. Situational irony is used to show the reader that what is expected to happen sometimes doesn't. Dramatic irony is used to clue the reader in on something that is happening that the characters in the story do not know about. Irony is used throughout Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" through the use of situational irony and the use of dramatic irony.

There are good examples of verbal and situational irony in Elsie Wiesel's memoir Night. Verbal irony occurs when words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant. It is grimly ironic when, after the Jews are ordered to wear yellow stars, Elise’s father says, "The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..." The statement is ironic because that is precisely how Elise’s father died. The wearing of the yellow star was one step on the path to the concentration camps and almost certain death. After almost a year in the camps, Elise’s father dies from dysentery at Buchenwald.

Dave Barry is a colonists who tries to amuse his reader with his topic of choice and writing. He writes this essay about our traffic problems and how they are causing problems now a days and we need to work together and find some way to fix them. In this he used tons of hyperboles to get his point across about how bad our traffic problem is in our country and how good it is in some other countries. He also uses a sarcastic tone throughout his essay to show that the problem is bad and to explain just how annoying and bad the problem is. He also uses an allegory to tell the story of why people get around in Greece so quickly. The author uses rhetorical strategies to get his point across in a humorous way.

Situational irony creates emotions and different feeling from the readers. The authors O. Henry and Guy de Maupassant both use situational irony to make their short stories more interesting. For example, in the story “The Ransom of Redchief” O. Henry uses situational irony to add humor and excitement to his story. He also uses irony to surprise readers and catch them off guard. Guy de Maupassant used irony to make readers feel sympathetic for the main character Mathilde in “The Necklace”. Many authors such as these two use situational irony to affect readers emotions and surprise them.

An example of the use of dramatic irony is when Cady dumbs herself down for her crush, Aaron. This shows how she changes who she really is just to fit in. In the movie, Cady, who is by far the smartest girl in her math class, fails her test purposely so her crush Aaron Samuels will tutor her. By doing so, she hopes that he will end up liking her. The teacher eventually catches on and explains to Cady that it isn’t a good idea. This is dramatic irony because the audience knows that Cady is faking being dumb but the characters do not know it except for her math teacher. Another example of dramatic irony is when Cady is sabotaging Regina. Regina wanted to lose three pounds for the dance, so Cady told her that she had these weight loss bars from Africa, but in reality they were bars from Africa that made kids gain weight. This shows that Cady is turning into someone who she is not, just to hurt someone else. These two pieces of evidence show that a lot of the time, people fake who they really

In Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher, Rich Marshall loses the basketball tournament to T.J.’s team which makes him lose it. He gets his hunting rifle and goes to the court to try to shoot Heidi while everyone is celebrating T.J.’s team’s victory. But T.J.’s Dad leaps in front of Heidi and catches the bullet for her (287). This example of violence shows situational irony because when reading you think Heidi is going to get shot but then T.J.’s Dad jumps in front of Heidi and gets shot

The author uses situational irony when Greg tries to get detention to get out of his mom's social experiment he tries to get detention by putting a thumbtack on the teachers chair and then admitting that it was him but after he did that the teacher thanked him for resolving his butt itch instead of getting detention. Another time that the author uses situational irony is when Greg's mom starts a petition to turn off all electronics for 24 hours i thought that she wasn't going to get many signatures because no one wants to be separated from their phone screen but she got the whole neighborhood to sign it i was not expecting that. A different time that the author uses situational irony is when Greg secretly took his game during the social experiment and got to know kids better by inviting them to play video games , Greg's mom catches him but teaches her a valuable lesson that people connected better

In a section of the movie, Sarah just approached the labyrinth maze and Hoggle is exterminating the fairies, Sarah asked “Why are you hurting them?” but as Sarah picks up the fairy and it bites her. That's situational irony because the audience and the character predicted that the fairies would be nice, but the audience and the characters were surprised that the fary bit her. Initially, in another part of the movie the Jereth told Hoggle “Don't lose your head!” and suddenly there was a group of Fireys throwing their head around. The audience and the characters were surprised and didn't predict that to happen. In essence, towards the end of the movie they get to the Goblin City and the 3D Monster came out of the wall. Sarah and all the others were not expecting that and neither were the audience expecting that. Lastly, situational irony was used to make surprise in

Situational irony is when the opposite of what is expected happens. An example of situational irony in the episode is when peter brings home boxes filled with fake lottery tickets that he purchased by taking a second mortgage out on the house. After searching through enormous piles of fake tickets peter explains to the family they were all fake and it was a test. Brian, the dog, criticizes the lottery saying, “Peter this is idiotic. Don’t you know the odds of winning are like a hundred million to one. The lottery is just a tax on stupid people” (MacFarlane, Seth). Peter then brings out a final box and the first ticket Brian picks up is the winning ticket. This is situational irony because after Brian explains that chances of winning the lottery are very slim and only stupid people succumb to the lottos promises of fortune, he finds the winning ticket. The directors reason for including this segment is to hint at the lottery being a scam and having unfair

Situational irony involves a discrepancy to what is expected to happen and what actually happens. For situation irony to take place, there has to be something that leads the reader to think that a particular event or situation is unlikely to happen. From the novella, situation irony can be seen when the animals chased away Mr. Jones because they do not like the way they were being treated by the humans. This is evident in the story when the animals could no longer stand being unfed, they broke in the store-shed and helped themselves with food from the bins. When Mr. Jones and his workers found out, they began whipping and lashing the animals until they had enough. Besides that incident, situational irony can also be seen after the animals had overthrew the humans from the farm, things did not go as peaceful and harmonious as they thought. Not long after that, the pigs, especially Napoleon, started getting drunk. This is a situational irony because the catalyst for the revolution is Mr. Jones being a drunkard and neglected the animals’ needs. And from the story, it is also evident that the pigs hated the humans most. But despite leading the animals to chase out all the humans, eventually they were the ones who acted like people and treated the other animals the way they were treated

Situational Irony: Due to the intended or anticipated outcome of a situation being different, or in some cases the opposite, then what happens in actuality. Usually irony is intended to bring comedy or bitterness to a situation and at times can be quite shocking. It can also be used to present certain ideas found within the piece. An example of Situational Irony is a piece can be found in Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace.” The piece revolves around a young lady who borrows an exquisite and costly-looking piece of jewelry from a friend for a party, which she later ends up losing.

In the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the author clearly demonstrates situational irony. Situational irony is when what you expect to happen is the opposite of what actually happens. The story is about a woman who is not satisfied with being born in the middle class and married to a clerk. She believes that one’s apparent social class is more important than beauty or intelligence. The author is describing her situation in life, and empty dreams using irony in the story.

Situational irony refers to a contradiction of events where what is expected to happen does not happen. Dramatic irony is a situation where the audience knows more than the characters. In her literally work “Story of an Hour” Kate Choplin employs irony throughout the story. She employs all the three types of irony in the story. Dramatic Irony When Mrs Mallard is told about her husband’s death, Josephine

The poem that I am writing about is "Life is Fine" by Langston Hughes. It is a narrative poem. In some stanzas there is the rhyme scheme of abcb. In other stanzas Hughes uses slant rhymes in the second and fourth lines. This poem is about a black man during segregation. The message of the poem is that life will get better in the future.