The Moment Before The Gun Went Off Irony
Suzanna Hanafy
3/3/13
Honors English 9
Irony in Gordimer’s two stories Gordimer used irony in both stories “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” and “Once Upon a Time”. Irony played an essential role in these short stories and coincidentally, they both ended with a similar conclusion, the death of a family member. Moreover, both stories revealed Gordimer’s visions of post-apartheid. Sadly, due to Gordimer's description of South African apartheid, the South African government censored her books. In “Once Upon a Time”, irony was extremely pronounced, however, in “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”, it was vague.
The French proverb “One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it” described the irony in the story “Once Upon
3/3/13
Honors English 9
Irony in Gordimer’s two stories Gordimer used irony in both stories “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” and “Once Upon a Time”. Irony played an essential role in these short stories and coincidentally, they both ended with a similar conclusion, the death of a family member. Moreover, both stories revealed Gordimer’s visions of post-apartheid. Sadly, due to Gordimer's description of South African apartheid, the South African government censored her books. In “Once Upon a Time”, irony was extremely pronounced, however, in “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”, it was vague.
The French proverb “One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it” described the irony in the story “Once Upon