The sentence in the above excerpt from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway which is an example of irony is:
“You are a fortunate young man.”
The story "In Another Country" is about Hemingway's personal experiences in the Milanese hospital. He narrates the stories of the patients admitted with him after the end of the first World War. The story talks about the wounds which the war has given to them, apart from the physical pains. The wounded soldiers wanted to erase the ills and effects which the world war has given to the world. In the above excerpt, it is ironical that the doctor calls the football player 'a fortunate man' after his leg broke off.
Julius Caesar - A great Roman general and senator, recently returned to Rome in triumph after a successful military campaign. While his good friend Brutus worries that Caesar may aspire to dictatorship over the Roman republic, Caesar seems to show no such inclination, declining the crown several times. Yet while Caesar may not be unduly power-hungry, he does possess his share of flaws. He is unable to separate his public life from his private life, and, seduced by the populace’s increasing idealization and idolization of his image, he ignores ill omens and threats against his life, believing himself as eternal as the North Star.
Learning natural English is a skill common to any individual living in an English-speaking country. This English is learned through daily contact with people who speak English. With this we can conclude that natural English is learned, by us, since our birth through living with our family. Thus, we can say that this Englishman has an informal, relaxed air and without many rules and guidelines for its use. We can use it talking to our friends, or, in common everyday situations.
Standard English, however, refers to the standard, cultured and grammatically correct way of speaking and writing in English. We can only learn this type of English through classes and reading texts that cover this type of language. It is important to learn it because formal situations, social events, academic events and even living with people in higher status than ours, requires that this type of language be used.
