“The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O'Connor both embody situational irony. When reading The Open Boat and A Good Man Is Hard to Find, excitement level is enhanced through the author’s use of situational irony defying what the reader expects and what the author actually reveals in the final moment. Both O'Connor and Crane develop their stories as if they were a roller coaster ride but, with a twist at the end.
It surprises me that ordinary and average people are willing to trade in the stillness of the ground for a chance to be tossed around in the until they often loose conciseness. The force of twisting tracks, loops and turns send chills through the rider’s body. It is because of the thrill and excitement …show more content…
Before reaching Red Sammy’s restaurant O'Connor incorporates six gravestones to foreshadow the inevitable crisis the family will eventually reach. Other ironic details O'Connor depicts include describing how the old tower foreshadows death, “The Tower is shaped like a huge tombstone or a church” (O'Connor 209). Having specific events and places prior to the family’s demise allows the reader to interpret the inevitable establishing situational irony from the moment the reader moves beyond the title. O'Connor shows how egotistical the Grandmother really is by incorporating situational irony. After the grandmother realizes that she has been wrong about driving down the old dirt road. O'Connor explains, “The road looked as if no one had traveled on it in months” (O'Connor 212). Having identified the climax O'Connor defies what the reader expects and what she actually intends to reveal through death. Eventually the family will encounter the misfit and become his next fatalities defying the reader’s expectations through situational …show more content…
Remembering an old plantation, she visited as a young girl she craftily says, “There was a secret panel in this house” (211) drawing the attention of her grandchildren which in turn persuades their father to take the turn on account of the children’s determination. It’s ironic that every time the Grandmother begins to talk, she says something negative and for every negative thing she states the story turns negative. As the family drives down the dirt road O'Connor adds another clue to symbolize the family’s death in an ironic representation. By describing the old dirt road as something drivers have not traveled on in months the reader can assume if the family will be harmed, but not killed. However, O'Connor goes against common interpretations and kills off the entire family breaking the boundary of
It surprises me that ordinary and average people are willing to trade in the stillness of the ground for a chance to be tossed around in the until they often loose conciseness. The force of twisting tracks, loops and turns send chills through the rider’s body. It is because of the thrill and excitement …show more content…
Before reaching Red Sammy’s restaurant O'Connor incorporates six gravestones to foreshadow the inevitable crisis the family will eventually reach. Other ironic details O'Connor depicts include describing how the old tower foreshadows death, “The Tower is shaped like a huge tombstone or a church” (O'Connor 209). Having specific events and places prior to the family’s demise allows the reader to interpret the inevitable establishing situational irony from the moment the reader moves beyond the title. O'Connor shows how egotistical the Grandmother really is by incorporating situational irony. After the grandmother realizes that she has been wrong about driving down the old dirt road. O'Connor explains, “The road looked as if no one had traveled on it in months” (O'Connor 212). Having identified the climax O'Connor defies what the reader expects and what she actually intends to reveal through death. Eventually the family will encounter the misfit and become his next fatalities defying the reader’s expectations through situational …show more content…
Remembering an old plantation, she visited as a young girl she craftily says, “There was a secret panel in this house” (211) drawing the attention of her grandchildren which in turn persuades their father to take the turn on account of the children’s determination. It’s ironic that every time the Grandmother begins to talk, she says something negative and for every negative thing she states the story turns negative. As the family drives down the dirt road O'Connor adds another clue to symbolize the family’s death in an ironic representation. By describing the old dirt road as something drivers have not traveled on in months the reader can assume if the family will be harmed, but not killed. However, O'Connor goes against common interpretations and kills off the entire family breaking the boundary of