Examples Of Irony In The City Of Ember

In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night tragic irony is frequently used. For instance a, “The Germans were already in town, the Fascists were already in power, the verdict was already out-and the Jews of Sighet were still smiling.”(10) The analysis behind this quote, Even though the Germans were in Sighet, the Jews were happy and calm, while knowing what these people did. Another instance of tragic would be, “The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.”(12) The analysis behind this quote, in the book, Wiesel describes the ghetto, no one guarded the front gate, so the Jews could have walked out at any time but they stayed. My final instance of tragic irony in Night, “Naturally we refused to be separated.”(20) Elie Wiesel

From 1941 to 1945, Hitler was responsible for 3 million Jewish deaths, Elie Wiesel, a prisoner of war at the Auschwitz concentration camp escaped the ironic chances of death. Auschwitz was a death factory, with survival being highly unlikely, any traces of survival would be ironic. Elie’s story is a pure example of this irony. Elie began to escape death the moment he gets to the camp, with help and guidance from fellow prisoners. Escaping death selection, harsh weather and starvation are all ironic features of Elies stay at Auschwitz. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie uses this ironic twist of fate to show the minor difference between life and death in his Holocaust experience.

Throughout The City of Ember, the mayor displays irony . Egocentric, the mayor only cared about himself, therefore would leave Ember without necessities so he could enjoy his stock without it being shortened. Doon tells Lina that “‘ The mayor has a secret treasure room in the pipeworks ‘“(158). After finding the storage room, Doom explains to Lina that the mayor had been hoarding food, keeping it from the citizens.(F)Thus, when Doon and Lina go to tell the guards about the mayor it is discovered that the mayor had bribed the guards with food . The guards, who are supposed to keep the civilians safe are not taking their best interests at heart. They were hoping to get help from the mayor in working out the instructions and getting people

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” it deals with how someone can turn a seemingly nice night into a horrible and tragic ending. Montresor lures an inebriated Fortunato to show him a rich wine. But in a twist, Montresor chains him up and suffocates him. It uses an exceptional amount of irony, verbal, situational, and dramatic irony. Edgar Allan Poe, author of “The Cask of Amontillado,” writes using three different variants of irony to create an eerie and suspenseful atmosphere within the plot.

In a hysteric situation, most people panic and protect themselves before reaching out to help anyone else. The same is true in The Crucible written by Arthur Miller. The Crucible is a book of extreme turmoil and tension, and brings out the inner-self in every character. The hysteria in this play is emphasized by the rhetorical devices used throughout the novel. Placed in almost every corner of the play, these devices contribute to the theme of self-honesty by deeply developing each character.

A literary device that is used in The Crucible is allegory. The meaning of allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. The Crucible is an allegory for McCarthyism, a period of time where officials were being accused of being a part of the communist party. Arthur Miller published the play during McCarthyism, so when he went to Salem and read the transcripts, he knew something could be made from the transcripts because of its similarity to McCarthyism. In The Crucible, people were being accused of being a witch, but the officials had no proof of it, they just went of someone's word; during McCarthyism, Joseph McCarthy was accusing officials of the US to being a part of the communist party and he had no proof. In both situations, the accusers feed

The use of irony is prevalent in literature throughout time. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, exhibits a first hand experience as a child soldier in the Sierra Leone Civil War and the events experienced by those who lived through it. The novel has an ironic undertone when analyzing his actions not subjectively but objectively. When looking at his actions in comparison to normal society it reveals the irony that is written in the lines of the novel. Although he was raised in this environment, objectively, any justification of his actions predicated off an emotional perspective is not only unjust, but unethical. We, as a society, hold ourselves to a humane standard of living, and is undoubtedly true for any person of origin.

Figurative Language- In The City of Ember, irony occurs throughout the novel. For instance, the avaricious mayor embezzles food from the citizens of Ember. DuPrau writes, “The mayor has a secret treasure in the pipeworks,”(158). Mayor Lemander Cole, a selfish, apathetic man starts to steal concealed food from the citizens of Ember. To save himself from the blackouts, he stores the food Instead, he is stealing from the people and being selfish. The author of The City of Ember is showing how politicians and leaders nowadays can also be greedy and selfish just like the mayor. She’s telling us to be more careful of who to follow and what people to trust.

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” Benjamin Franklin said this to explain that an individual can accomplish countless admirable tasks to create a good reputation, but only one mistake can end it. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, explains the Salem Witch Trials during the 1950s, illustrating the extreme consequences that can result from desires and secrets and emphasizes a deeper meaning into how important one’s actions can greatly affect their reputation. The drama relates to Franklin’s quote because it emphasizes that reputations, especially of those who have authority, can be built over many years of hard work but are able to be destroyed in one minute. Through irony, absolutes, and fallacies,

The Crucible by Arthur Miller is filled with irony from the first page to the last. Irony plays a big part in this play because most of it is based off lies. People were accusing people of things that they both knew they were innocent of just because they didn't like them. Irony is all around us when reading this play. Elizabeth trying to lie for John, John forgetting the tenth commandment, and Danforth saying innocent men shouldn't fear are just to name a few. People living in Salem, Massachusetts during 1692 were forced to lie if they wanted to live and die if they chose to tell the truth.

Literary elements such as metaphors, similes, alliteration, the use of personification, and the use of irony are primary tools and building blocks for great literature. With the incorporation of literary elements, an insignificant story of occurrences can be transformed into a literary work of art presenting depth and purpose to its audience. While many short stories are flooded with a number of various literary elements, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat", William Sydney Porter's "The Last Leaf", Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace", and Nathaniel Hawthorn's "The Birthmark" are prime examples of short stories that are built around the distinct element of irony. Irony is emphasized throughout these four short stories to draw the reader into the

The False Gems is a short novel written by Guy de Maupassant which tells about the process that Monsieur Lantin found the heritage of his wife, the false gems, were real jewelries. Something seem to be false was actually true, something seem to be the reality was actually a lie, that’s the reason why people think that it is a typical ironic story. What is irony? How did Maupassant use ironic way in the story? Now we will do analysis about the irony in The False Gems.

The first type of irony portrayed in The Crucible is verbal irony: when a character says one thing but has a completely different meaning than what they said. For example, as the court begins to corrupt in Salem, Reverend Hale begins to see the truth in Act III, and later, after he has had enough, finally quits the court at the end of the Act. Shortly after, during the beginning of Act IV, Hale is confronted by the corrupted judge after trying to convince the accused to lie in court in order to save their lives. When questioned by the judge, he replied, "I'm doing the devil's work". (1267) While he did admit to encouraging the victims to lie, and ultimately risking his own soul to hell, he did save lives from the noose, which leaves this question

     Irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning. The book Great Expectation is all about the irony in the situations that a boy named Pip brings into the entire story. Pip is on a search through life to reach high expectations of what he wants from life, this leads him to having different relationships with the different characters. Each character leads him to an understanding of himself an ironic situation, which he doesn’t expect.

The frosty breeze kept nibbling at Felix’s nose, his hands buried deep into his jacket’s pocket as he fought back a shiver continuing to walk on the streets, alone. He kept his eyes focused on the ground whenever someone walked passed him, trying his best to avoid eye contact for he did not want any unnecessary attention. A sensation of something unfamiliar flowed through him. A constant feeling of fluttering, churning of his stomach as he walked down the familiar road. The same road where he first talked to Irene. The first time he had heard her voice for the first time. Where everything basically started. The more he thought about Irene, the more his hands shook. He tried shaking it off by burying his hands even more into his pocket, as