The Ironical Aspects in Li Rui’s Electing A Thief “Electing a thief”‚ a short story written by Li Rui‚ is about a leader in the village who discovers the disappearance of a bag of grain from the storehouse and came up with the idea of “democracy” to get clues on finding the thief. (Li 321) The leader wants all the men from the village to vote for a thief but surprisingly‚ it turns out that the entire vote is unanimously against him. The head angrily quit his job and all the villagers are very excited
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"An outpost to progress" focuses on the colonization of Africa near the end of the nineteenth century as it dares to question issues raised of colonization through Christianity. From the beginning of the story it becomes evident that the title‚ "Outpost of Progress" is in itself ironic‚ as the two white men are shown to be lazy and incompetent. The story was written as a reference to the ivory trade and the colonization of Africa. Conrad uses irony throughout the story to candidly challenge the merits
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In “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”‚ irony is a central theme surrounding Maggie’s life because it lead up to her death‚ and briefly showed a different side to some characters. The characters that had such ironic events were Maggie‚ Pete‚ and Mary. Maggie had her epiphany about Pete and the scene with her family; Pete turned out to be insecure and Mary show emotion towards her daughter after she died. Each character eventually had some type of dramatic change at some point in the novel. When someone
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Admiring- Feeling or showing admiration. Angry- Feeling or showing anger‚ dark. Apprehensive- In fear or dread of possible evil or harm. Mentally upset over pending things. Quick to understand. Bantering- Cleverly amusing tone‚ facetious‚ teasing. Benevolent- Intending or showing kindness. Biting- Sharp‚ stinging tone. Bitter- Harsh or corrosive. Candid- Openly straightforward and direct‚ without reserve or secretiveness. Clinical- detached and unemotional. Colloquial- Informal spoken
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Michil Zhirkov ED-10-511 THE ESCAPE by W. Somerset Maugham Analysis The Escape (1925) is a novel written by a famous British playwright‚ novelist and short story writer. This story is about a young man who is lucky to meet a woman of his dreams. For a long time‚ he is blinded by love and tenderness and determined to marry her. But one fine day‚ he falls out of love with her. To avoid the wedding and to stay the most gallant man until the end of their relationship at the same time‚ he tries to find
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Hanna Crawley 10 October 2014 Engl 2305 Analysis Short Paper “The Gun Joke” by Jamaal May is a poem that became popular recently due to a shooting of a young man that caused national attention. This poem is about how in society today we hear stories on the news about people getting shot by guns and how its something that is too common in our world now. Throughout the poem‚ May uses examples that people can relate to and understand.‚ repetition of certain words and phrases‚ along with a chilling
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http://www.geocities.ws/cloned4479/Gordimer In Nadine Gordimer’s “Once Upon a Time”‚ the most important element is its theme. The entire story is set about telling its readers that human beings create their own destruction. The setting of the two parts of the story is important as well as the ironic structure presented. Suspense and tone also add to the final effect. All this is brought together to leave readers shocked‚ ready to rethink the importance of things in their own lives. The
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A&P Character analysis-Sammy Sammy‚ the narrator of “A&P‚” is an opinionated‚ sarcastic‚ disaffected teenager with a healthy interest in the opposite sex and a keen observational sense. Sammy notices everything around him‚ and he drinks in every detail of the girls’ physical appearance‚ from the texture and patterns of their bathing suits to the different boundaries of their tan lines. Sammy goes beyond the surface details to glean insights about the people he observes. For example‚ Queenie’s dangling
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Originally a novel‚ written by W. Sommerset Maugham‚ "The Razor’s Edge" is the story of an American man named Larry‚ who undergoes a transformation as he witnesses the changes in the world and his own life. Larry experiences disillusionment due to World War I‚ seeks refuge in France to "find himself"‚ and questions the morals of society. The Razor’s Edge entails several of the main elements of modernism‚ and Maugham illustrates them by exposing the darker side of the American Dream through relationships
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The Onion’s mock press release about the MagnaSoles shoe inserts satirizes how products are marketed to customers. The article is riddled through with malapropisms‚ and the whole article is a parody of an advertisement. Sarcastic irony is used when statements are made in the article that are obviously meant to show that the opposite is true‚ and hyperbole‚ or exaggeration‚ is used to show how advertisers will try to convince people that their product is useful for many more issues than it is.
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