Katherine Brush's Birthday Party

Irony is a very big part of a story, because it can create new elements in a story. Some of these elements may include humor and theme. "The Ransom of Red Chief" is a great example for this.

This essay will focus on the short story by Kate Chopin and its use of symbols, setting and characters. Desiree’s baby was perhaps one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Analyzing it was not easy at all. Its use of symbols was very hard to comprehend. At first, it doesn’t make sense. But as you think critically, all the symbols, and setting and the characters in this literature plunge together in one amazing story.

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.

In the short story, the writer tells a woman’s depression which guides her to break the limits and restrictions over woman. The woman who has no name or identity symbolises all women’s suppressed position in patriarchal society. In the story, the woman describes the house and her rooms with the words; ancestral hall, old-fashioned chintz, barred windows, heavy-immovable bed. The descriptions depict the house as patriarchy’s realm. Also, the yellow wallpaper’s surrounding of her shows the woman in a trapped, confined and repressed position. Not only the yellow symbolise the weakness, but the paper also

The author agrees with the idea of women as victims through the characterisation of women in the short story. The women are portrayed as helpless to the torment inflicted upon them by the boy in the story. This positions readers to feel sympathy for the women but also think of the world outside the text in which women are also seen as inferior to men. “Each season provided him new ways of frightening the little girls who sat in front of him or behind him”. This statement shows that the boy’s primary target were the girls who sat next to him. This supports the tradition idea of women as the victims and compels readers to see that the women in the text are treated more or less the same as the women in the outside world. Characterisation has been used by the author to reinforce the traditional idea of women as the helpless victims.

"Irony is a device that protects him (the artist) from the pain of his experience so that he may use it objectively in his art(Susquehanna. "New Critical")." In The Glass Menagerie, it is ironic how Tom speaks badly of his father and his leaving home but in the end he leaves home just like his father, the man "in love with long distances (Williams 30)''. The fact that Amanda wants what is best for her children is ironic because she worries so much over it that she doesn't realize what is best for them.

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.

Marriage is one of the most revered institutions in most societies. Often a momentous event, most couples who choose to get married look forward to their wedding day and spending the rest of their lives together. However, the honeymoon phase of marriage may have the tendency to fade over time, and relationships that were once strong and loving may become strained. In the short story Birthday Party by Katharine Brush, a particular instance of such a weakened relationship is highlighted as the observer in the story witnesses a married man and woman celebrating a birthday in a restaurant. Through the use of vivid description and powerful word choice, Brush effectively comments on the concept of marriage and relationships and emphasizes their romantic impermanence and sometimes inevitable deterioration.

The occurrence of irony rests over the entire piece because as Sedaris describes his "special problems" and "tics and habits" the audience becomes aware that he is suffering from OCD, despite those in the essay being unaware of it. There is also situational irony for example when his father tells him that: " College is the best thing that can ever happen to you" and Sedaris comments " He was right". This is ironic because it leads the audience to assume he might have overcome is Disorder, when actually he was referring to discovering "drugs, drinking, and smoking". This emphasizes how his disorder was never taking serious enough

Many emotions may be expressed with silence. In Katharine Brush's short story, "The Birthday Party"the husband reaction to his surprise with a mere priceless face expressions. Brush's use of caricature and imagery in order to achieve her purpose of exploring the deeper meaning of women's role in the late fourties. Women's average role was to cook, clean, and care for the children. Their priority was to attend the husband and children if any.

The first paragraph of Katharine Brush’s “Birthday Party” misleadingly creates an image of a couple that is in love and happy to be together. However, Brush’s use of various literary devices reveals the true nature of the couple’s relationship. Soon it becomes evident that while the husband is outwardly hostile towards his wife, she is very fixated on pleasing him and keeping up the appearance of a happy marriage. It is revealed to be the husband’s birthday when the wife’s “little surprise” is brought out.

In the stories “Story of an Hour”, “Everyday Use”, “The Necklace”, and “The Lottery” it is evident that irony was quite a large part of the short story. There is situational irony, which is when the situation turns out differently than expected. Also, dramatic irony is present, which is when you as a reader knows more than the character. The authors seem to base their whole story around irony to surprise their readers.

     Chopin introduces the story with pleasant images and events; she enchants the reader with fairy tales. A woman who cannot have children is blessed with the most “beautiful and gentle, affectionate and sincere” (31) of

In the short story "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush, she uses a series of literary devices to convey her change of atmosphere. The beginning starts with humorous caricature describing the couple, but then soon changes when we are shown a sample of the dialogue exchanged between the couple. To introduce Brush's characters, she uses caricature to describe them. By giving the description of "The man had a round, self-satisfied face, with glasses on it..." we can assume he is the typical hard working business man in the 1940's. Next, Brush goes on to describe the man's wife as a "... fadingly pretty..." woman which represents the typical house-wife who had aspirations but didn't accomplish them.

This essay will focus on the short story by Kate Chopin and its use of symbols, setting and characters. Desiree’s baby was perhaps one of the best stories I’ve ever read. Analyzing it was not easy at all. Its use of symbols was very hard to comprehend. At first, it doesn’t make sense. But as you think critically, all the symbols, and setting and the characters in this literature plunge together in one amazing story.