Analysis Of Desiree's Baby And Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

Without a doubt, the best kind of short story is one with a surprise ending that shocks the reader. Both “Desiree’s Baby” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” had completely unexpected endings that shocked the reader. Desiree's Baby is a short story based on a girl that is married to a wealthy man named Armand. After they were married they had a baby. When the baby is born, Armand at first was very happy. However the baby's skin color started to show that the baby was a quadroon ( had one biracial parent). Armand quickly assumed that it was Desiree that was the mixed one so he told her and her baby to leave. “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” is a short story about a slave owner named Payton that tries to destroy a railroad that the north side was using at the civil war because he didn't want the north to win. Payton is caught trying to do this and is facing execution. Both these short stories will be compared and contrasted in this essay. They both use different types of irony. This essay will show how both short stories “Desiree’s Baby” and “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” use irony. …show more content…
The most interesting part about these stories is that the reader thinks that he/she is getting the whole story, but then out of nowhere there is a surprising event that happens. Both stories use situational irony which is why they have very surprising when they end. I wouldn't say that the stories have happy endings because the main characters die. When we read we are use to happy endings, but both stories had a sad or an unusual ending which made the story even