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Situational Irony In Legend By Marie Lu
In Legend by Marie Lu the author uses situational irony to add unexpected or mysterious actions to keep the plot rich and interesting. At this point in the story, June and Thomas are watching a riot begin. June and Thomas are watching from a raised platform outside Batalla Hall. The riot began because of the sentencing of Day, they did not want/like that. The main problem that shows situational irony is that instead of just throwing dust bombs or tar gases (like they normally do), the soldiers are positioned on top of some building and then start firing at the crowd with their guns, killing more than a hundred people. This whole scene is being spoken from June’s perspective of the story. “I’ve never seen a riot like this one, with hundreds
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