The answer to your question would be sarcasm XD
Answer:
Paradox
Explanation:
To see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all, and also driving over to east egg are absurd or contradictory statements which characterise paradox
In American Romantic Literature the “journey” means "leaving civilization and entering the universe of nature".
The American Romantic period, which kept going from around 1830-70, was a period of quick extension and development in the U S that energized intuition, creative ability and independence in writing. This writing esteems feeling and intuition over reason.