Explanation: . Almost at the start of the story, in the second paragraph, Richards "hastened" (12) to bring his sad news. But if Richards had arrived "too late" at the start, Brently Mallard would have arrived at home first, and Mrs. Mallard's life would not have ended an hour later but would simply have gone on as it had been. Yet another irony at the end of the story is the diagnosis of the doctors. They say she died of "heart disease--of joy that kills" (11). In one sense they are right: Mrs. Mallard has for the last hour experienced a great joy. But of course the doctors totally misunderstand the joy that kills her. It is not joy at seeing her husband alive, but her realization that the great joy she experienced during the last hour is over.
All of these ironic details add richness to the story, but the central irony resides not in the well-intentioned but ironic actions of Richards, or in the unconsciously ironic words of the doctors, but in Mrs. Mallard's own life. She "sometimes" (13) loved her husband, but in a way she has been dead, a body subjected to her husband's will. Now his apparent death brings her new life. Appropriately this new life comes to her at the season of the year when "the tops of trees [...] were all aquiver with the new spring life" (12). But ironically, her new life will last only an hour. She is "Free, free, free" (12), but only until her husband walks through the doorway. She looks forward to "summer days" (13), but she will not see even the end of this spring day. If her years of marriage were ironic, bringing her a sort of living death instead of joy, her new life is ironic too, not only because it grows out of her moment of grief for her supposedly dead husband, but also because her vision of "a long procession of years" (12) is cut short within an hour on a spring day.
Scout believes the world is ending because it was snowing outside. She had never seen snow before.
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The essay suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as British policy toward the Irish in general.
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1. He included that heading to encourage readers to be active citizens of their country by voting wisely during elections.
2. Its inclusion was successful because given the hard financial times, and the author's stressing of the most important needs of the citizens, readers would be motivated to choose good candidates with good policies.
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The author David Wallechinsky, cited the hard times Americans have been facing and how difficult it is for them to meet up with daily living. The author's inclusion of the heading "What Can You Do?", highlighted the core issues which affected Americans, and these include; meeting up with the cost of dairy, drugs, gas, quality schools, and security.
He encouraged them to elect candidates that did not just make empty promises but who could actually deliver and make life easier for the populace. The statistics of the financial challenges would make readers take the information under this heading seriously.
