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    opening scene has a twisted shocking ending‚ as the lottery in the story does not involve winning a prize‚ but losing a life. Irony is an underlying theme that is used throughout the story. Irony is referring to a person‚ situation‚ or circumstance that is different than it would actually seem. Jackson led the reader to interpret the story in different way through his use of an ironic title “The Lottery” that many people knows as winning a prize or millions of dollars. However‚ the lottery

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    Irony is a form of linguistic ambiguity achieved through textual‚ grammatical‚ and textual manipulation. Defined simply‚ irony is “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite‚ typically for humorous or emphatic effect” (OED Online). Seeing as this is clearly a violation of Quality‚ one of Grice’s maxims‚ it can be presumed that in most cases of irony speakers tend to violate one or some of Grice’s four maxims underneath the Cooperative Principle: Quantity

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    The Cask of Amontillado illustrates Poe’s use of first–person narration‚ using an unreliable character‚ whose guilt and infrequent irrationality prevents him from revealing himself straightforwardly to the reader. He engages both verbal and melodramatic humor to indicate the darkness within the plot of the story. Poe’s criticism fails to emphasize that Fortunato and Montresor are friends”‚ (Whatley 1)‚ though it is evident as Montresor states‚ “that I encountered my friend‚ he accosted me with excessive

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    never come inside the house” (Walker‚ 1973‚1). Dee arrives in her rural childhood home proudly sporting "[Her hair] stands straight up like the wool on a sheep" afro coupled with a decked out fashionable African dress and jewelry. Not to mention‚ an irony occurred when Dee’s Muslim boyfriend greeted “Assalamualaikum” to Mama mistaken it as his name. Dee have a new persona Wangero to participate in a cultural trend of the 1970’s. Dee explain to her

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    Situational Irony - There is situational irony near the end of the story. This happens when Nathan retells the story of how he saved Delia over Eunice. The reader expects Nathan to explain how he didn’t choose who he saved‚ due to the fact that it was too dark. Nonetheless‚ the reader finds out that Nathan knowingly saved Delia first‚ after identifying the fur of Eunice’s coat. This creates a plot twist‚ and increases the reader’s interest in the story‚ despite it happening in the last few lines

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    the norm because she truly believes that each of the girl’s life depends on her teachings and life lessons. Primavera demonstrates irony with its failure to fulfill its primary purpose to represent goodwill as the division between the materialistic and spiritualistic side of humanity doing so with a Greek goddess who is a symbol of love‚ beauty‚ and infatuation. The irony found in Botticelli’s Primavera seems to be the novel’s foreshadowing that Miss Brodie

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    “Everyday Use” is a short story in which Alice Walker‚ the author‚ presents irony that comes from the sisters differing intended use for quilts. In Alice Walker’s short story‚ “Everyday Use”‚ the Johnson family lives in a poor‚ rural section of Georgia in the early 1970’s. Mama‚ the narrator‚ is a husky self-sufficient woman who is not afraid of doing a man’s work. She lives with her youngest daughter‚ Maggie‚ who has a stammer and scars from a house fire. At the beginning of story‚ they wait in

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    The Homeless Homelessness infects many people in our world every day. People can become homeless from different reasons‚ but in the market today the reason is usually foreclosure. There are many ways that we can prevent people being homeless. By learning how people live when their homeless‚ we can see fit that they get help. There are more homeless people today than there ever has been because of our current economic situation. Being homeless can lead to many health problems because of their lack

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    TheWhen contemplating the name Titanic‚ there is this connotation of “unsinkable‚” “indestructible‚” and “long lasting”. However‚ irony quickly and clearly presented itself when the unsinkable ship sank. This seems to parallel the couples’ marriage. In a marriage ceremony‚ the line “to death do us part” essentially means forever. Just as Titanic fails in the test of longevity‚ it appears the couples’ marriage will similarly be unsuccessful. The wife in “Carpathia” is trapped in what seems to be a

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    The homeless stand down was an eye-opener experience for me. I had the opportunity to interact with several individuals‚ and one family. Initially I conducted some interviews with them to help complete the questionnaire; and the remainder of the time‚ I escorted the individuals and helped them choose items that were necessary for them. As I talked to each of them‚ I realized that the present state of these individuals were a product of the current economic situations. According to the National Homeless

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