Balbo is considered to be a self-aware character. He is aware that he is standing at the edge of the world, and he reveals that “his name will live.” He also accesses himself honestly by being putting himself in a critical perspective. Balbo character has flashbacks to reveal past events. After Laconia surprises Balbo on the mountain, the story's action is interrupted because of the flashbacks.
Through those flashbacks, readers come to know about the difference between what’s happening in actual and what he wishes to happen. This is called situational irony. The writer has used different types of ironies to convey what he really wants to. In a way, a writer who has written this story could lead readers differently. It could be possible that a reader has an entirely different point of view than in which a writer has written because of the diction, symbolism, and irony he used in his writing.
