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The irony is in saying that seeing a dog wearing pants (parody of breeches) was an uplifting or edifying sight which is really not true and which is comical when visualized.
Explanation:
An irony is expressing ones thoughts in words that mean the opposite to achieve humor. The narrator in this instance was looking down on the fireman by comparing him to a dog wearing pants and a feather hat.
He thus compared him to an animal and in the same instance, said that it was an edifying sight. He also called him a fine chap in the same breath. This is quite contradictory and that is how he achieved the use of irony in those lines.
Her thoughts became abstract, of floating stars in the sky. At first she was apathetic about the sight, ambivalently, it was quite, something she normally hated, but the sky's beautiful aesthetic took over her body, she wanted to see this sight for the rest of her life, the sight was alleviate for her, allowing her daily struggles to become abstract.
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to create contrast for the character through memories of happier times
Yes, it's a word for an emotional relationship between to people.
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D, young men dressing up as women
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