When I arrived at home I saw an unfamiliar face in the window I wasn’t sure who it was or what they were doing there but they were in my house .When I get home from school there is never anyone in !Im always on my for hours till my drunk dad gets home and my tipsy mom that was why I was surprised to see I face .I peaked through the window pressing my face on the glass trying to spot my mom I couldn’t see her .My heart was pounding the lady that I thought I had saw was no longer there .I felt a chill like someone was breathing on me .I turned around to find out ....
Situation irony is when during a given situation the outcome is completely different as the one expected. In this case the correct instance would not be the ones that include a sarcastic comment by the narrator as that is explicit sarcasm. In here the situational irony is subtly implied by the description of the situation itself:
- “Come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” The fact that the bachelor is hesitating so much about accepting the aunt’s summoning is already ironic as it hints out at the fact that he is hesitant because he does not expect the storytelling to go well, whereas the aunt is obviously firmly convinced that her stories are awesome and that she is the quintessential storyteller. This sharp contrast between her idealized vision of herself and the bachelor’s incredulity is quite ironic.
- “In a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, the behavior of the children here is obviously ironic as children usually focus intently on things that interest them and which they like but here they are disruptive, they openly voice their discontent and their confrontational stance with the aunt. Again, we have a contradiction between what the aunt thinks of herself and what the children actually think about her.
So what is your doubt in this?
At age twelve children are assigned jobs in The Giver.
Idiom used to describe any situation which will intentionally cause excitement or strong feelings
