Use Of Situational Irony In 'Brer Lion'

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In the story of “Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion”, Julius Lester wrote the story. He uses comic language. For example ‘forty-eleventh of octorerarry’. He also used situational irony. For example, the small weak rabbit out smarted the big strong lion. O.Henry wrote “Ransom Of Red Chief” he also used comic language. For example “Summit was flat as a pan cake” . He used situational irony. They told the boy that if he didn’t behave they would take him home. And at the end they payed his dad $250 to take the boy back. Out if both of the story’s I liked “Ransom Of Red Chief”. It had more humor and comical stuff. And it was about a mischief little boy that they thought was a ‘lambskin’. And it had a funny twist at the end. It was just

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