Irony In The Censors And The Gift Of The Magi

Irony is an event in a story that the reader doesn't expect and is surprising. Irony gives a story the extra power that will make it more interesting. The irony in a story will be when the events take a turn, and a reader's jaw drops with astonishment. This literary element give a story the ending that it needs in order to be remembered. Irony comes in many forms, and some are more surprising than others. In the short stories, “The Censors”, written by Luisa Valenzuela and “The Gift of the Magi”, written by O. Henry , irony is the main literary element and the two stores have similarities and differences.
“The Censors” takes place in the country of Argentina, where there is a dictatorship. In this dictatorship everybody who sends letters has