Irony is a figure of speech which describes intended meaning that is different from the real meaning .In simple words; it is a difference between the appearance and the reality... Irony is very important in the literary works because it helps to make a close connection between the reader and the literary work itself. I t is important to make the readers think more and more to understand the events in the literary work and get the messages and themes of the writer. It is often that irony in literature is more effective than direct situations. There are many kinds of irony: Dramatic and situational ironies are only two kinds of irony. In To kill a Mockingbird, there are many kinds of irony, but I am going to choose dramatic and situational ironies,
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The dramatic irony starts from the very begging of the novel when Lee chooses Scout to tell us about his brother Jim whose arm was hurt. The reader himself is expecting bad events will happen to Jim more than Jim himself and there other characters in the novel.
Another example of dramatic irony is the character Dill. He is described as a curious character by the writer. When Dill is asked about his father, he doesn’t answer the queation.This means that Dill has got family problems and there is a long story concerning his father.Morever, using dramatic irony is clear in the character of Jim .When Jim come back to Radley place to look for his pants, we as readers recognizes that Jim is really worry about Atticus’s opinion than being shot .All of these are well known by the reader, but Scout is not Atticus.
The second kind of ironies that Lee uses in his novel To Kill a Mockingbird is situational irony. The situational irony in the novels also starts from the early beginning of the events. The first example of situational irony in the first chapter is when Scout gets in problems in school for already knowing how to read. So Miss Caroline told the father of Scout to stop teaching him anymore. This is ironic because teachers usually feel happy and excited when a student knows how to read and write ahead. However. Miss Caroline is
The dramatic irony starts from the very begging of the novel when Lee chooses Scout to tell us about his brother Jim whose arm was hurt. The reader himself is expecting bad events will happen to Jim more than Jim himself and there other characters in the novel.
Another example of dramatic irony is the character Dill. He is described as a curious character by the writer. When Dill is asked about his father, he doesn’t answer the queation.This means that Dill has got family problems and there is a long story concerning his father.Morever, using dramatic irony is clear in the character of Jim .When Jim come back to Radley place to look for his pants, we as readers recognizes that Jim is really worry about Atticus’s opinion than being shot .All of these are well known by the reader, but Scout is not Atticus.
The second kind of ironies that Lee uses in his novel To Kill a Mockingbird is situational irony. The situational irony in the novels also starts from the early beginning of the events. The first example of situational irony in the first chapter is when Scout gets in problems in school for already knowing how to read. So Miss Caroline told the father of Scout to stop teaching him anymore. This is ironic because teachers usually feel happy and excited when a student knows how to read and write ahead. However. Miss Caroline is