Sarcasm

Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka criticises the racial attitudes of his society to ironically highlight the unjust treatment of black people. The poem features a telephone conversation between an African traveller looking for accommodation and a white landlady, whom, upon hearing that the traveller is black, refuses to lodge him a room. Soyinka constructs three key concepts which include the supposed superiority of the white population, the ignorance of white people and the format of a…

Winning the Ultimate Prize, Death THESIS: “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson are quite different by quite similar as well. Both authors use Gambling, love and having no love as themes. Gambling in the “Lottery” is right there upfront and in your face straight from reading the title to the announcement of the winner. Lotteries are a form of gambling. In the “Rocking Horse Winner” it’s not so in your face but comes about half way when Paul the son…

Lack of Love There are many talented writers who have their own unique way of writing, but many do not compare to Kate Chopin’s style. In her short story, “Desiree’s Baby,” seen in Vogue magazine, she tells a heart-wrenching story about a woman with an unknown background which leads to an ironic and devastating ending that leaves the reader speechless. Through her writing and her choice of topics, Chopin makes it clear to her audience that she is an untraditional feminist who strongly supports…

The book titled ‘Age of Innocence’, by Edith Wharton, is set during the late 1800s in New York after the First World War. This era was one of rapid change, which was a good catalyst in shaping the direction of the novel. It was a time of social distinction, emerging rich industrialist, new money and fashion excess. Wharton uses Newland as the limited-omniscient third person as he is the very expression of what the society of the day represents. He is well bred, understands and respects his role…

During World War II, Bristol, England had many shipped city children to the country in the hopes of keeping them safe from the bombing raids. After the traumatic events during World War II, many of the children develop changed personalities. For example, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, starts with a group of English boys isolated on an island due to their plane crash away from the bombing raids. Ralph, the main character, leads the group of boys to become a civilized society. However, the…

In the Miriam Toews’ A Complicated Kindness, the irony is used throughout the book to get deeper meanings across. Toews’s even uses dark and adolescent humor to not only to show the gap between reality and the ideal but also to bridge that gap. An example of this ironically laced humor would be Nomi explaining what there is to do in East Village ‘”Golf was another one because it consisted of using a rod to hit something much, much smaller than yourself and a lot of men in this town enjoyed that…

“Roman Fever” starts out as what one may think of being a tale between two dear, childhood friends. However, as the reader gets deeper into the heart of the story, this is clearly not the case. Looking within the pages, one can see how Wharton uses irony to tell her tale. The irony brings the story to life and makes it an exciting, passionate story of romance and revenge. Wharton uses irony as a way to draw the reader in, with twists and turns and flare that make the story unique and addicting.…

JOANNA BOTES 843963 WORD COUNT:1802 QUESTION 1: “Because satire often combines anger and humour it can be profoundly disturbing-because it is essentially ironic or sarcastic,it is often misunderstood”.Do you agree?Argue with close reference to events and characters in Oyono’s Houseboy and Eppel’s Absent:The English Teacher. This statement is correct as the writers satirical motive can often be misunderstood by the audience.Both Oyono and Eppel are political satirists and their…

A ‘’Good Man Is Hard to Find’’, by Flannery O’Conner is a story with an unexpected murder in the end. The story follows a family of six coming down from Georgia to visit Florida. The members of the family are grandmother, Bailey as the father, mother of the children, John Wesley, June Star, and the baby. This story is filled with strong imagery, irony, and flashbacks. All of these elements supported the foreshadowing in the text. The events following up to the death of the family took a left…

transitioned from being polite and appropriate to utilizing sarcasm and acronyms. Using sarcasm has become a skill acquired by those with creative minds, straining to communicate in a less invasive manner than their initial triggered response. “Some language experts suggest sarcasm is used as a sort of gentler insult, a way to tone down criticism with indirectness and humor (Chin 109).” Generally speaking, normal communication will be intertwined with sarcasm when one person is trying to make a…