The First sentence is where the quotation is used correctly- quotations is used with the titles of literary works and not with the name of the writers.
The action of the speaker that can be considered ironic is that actually the speaker takes initiative of establishing the wall up to himself but then he questions it and has some doubts about that. There is another irony, I would say, the main one, you may find it useful : the wall which was meant to separate neighbours brings them together every year in order to repair it. Is it really the borderline?Hope that helps.
What is the question, concerning this passage?
Howl because ing is a suffix.
cant help you because the questions are from a story. you didn't list the story, when you post questions like that, you need to have the story to. that way people can actually understand it and help you
