Examples Of Irony In Heck

In the book, Heck, Dale E. Basyle uses the literary humor elements plot twist, the trickster motif, and tall tale. The out come is anything but funny. The author uses plot twist in and unfunny manor. Milton and Marlo, being siblings, were at the mall one day up to no good. When they were at the food bar and it all started going bad. A boy named Daiman had stuck a stick of dynamite in a bear statue made of marshmallow and lit the fuse.,” Milton heard a faint sizzling sound coming from behind the bear curious, he turned his head… He saw Daiman smicking from the balcony just above the bear… Daiman had lodged a stick of dynamite in a place no real grizzly would tolerate… Marlo and Milton hand in hand were instantly engulfed in flaming goo.” This example of plot twist isn't funny, but sad. …show more content…
Also the author uses plot twist when Marlo out of nowhere decided to run away from Heck and trying to escape. Leaving his smaller brother all alone in a very dangerous world. Secondly in the book Heck, the author uses the trickster motif. In the story Marlo is the trickster always up to no good. She stole a Oak boar from Spoiled Sports Sporting Goods from the mall and used them to smash little cupids.”Exhausted slippers filed by, Momentarily entranced by the shimmering heart-faced, bare-bottomed cupids. That is until Marlo Fauster smashed them to bits with the oar she’d stolen from Spoiled Sports Sporting Goods. He also cheated his smaller brother Milton into stealing a makeup bag from the mall. His brother Milton tries to stay out of trouble the best he can. But Marlo being his sister its very hard. Him being the trickster he is, isn't funny but pathetic. What she wants she gets even if she has to break the law. And sucking her little brother into it. Finally, The author uses tall tale in the unfunniest way possible. A tall tale is when the story is filled with over