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Name: 1 Paper 1: The use of irony Comment by Author: Create a proper phrase as your title, such as The Use of Irony in “How I Met My Husband” and “Everyday Use” How I Met My Husband by Munro and Everyday Use by Walker Irony in most cases underlines and gives an expression of two concepts in life that are contrary to each other hence bringing twisted meanings. In most of the times, the writers do not hide their concepts of irony such that it enables the readers to be able to discover the areas of irony as they read. However, to understand incidences of irony, the reader has to be careful and must understand the whole concept in the story. Both Alice Munro and Alice Walker have successfully made use of irony in their short stories of How I Met My Husband and Everyday Use respectively to enable their readers to discover for themselves the real meaning of the incidences.
Comment by Author: comma Comment by Author: remove Comment by Author: what type of irony? You need to discuss the three types of literary irony and develop your introductory paragraph more fully. Comment by Author: remove Comment by Author: short stories are not italicized; use quotation marks around short story titles The use of irony in the story of Munro, How I Met My Husband gives her story and capturing and moving ending which leaves the readers desiring for more (Munro, et al., Chapter 1). On the other hand, everyday life by a walker is a story told of three women revealing the conflict between education and traditions, the African American culture. The main idea of this paper is to find out how the two authors have used irony in their writings and the significance that they have in relation to the general story.
This shall be done by looking at each story of the respective authors. Comment by Author: ww-a Comment by Author: awk-use author and page number in parenthetical citations Comment by Author: ww-capitalize/wrong word Comment by Author: remove Comment by Author: Alice Walker Comment by Author: Awk-within the Comment by Author: You have to rephrase this and write the main idea for your paper; what is the main point you are trying to prove? This is also repetitive; you need to create one introductory paragraph, not two that say roughly the same thing. In the short story, how I met my husband, Alice Munro puts into the mind of her readers a situation that leaves them pondering in their hearts, the whole life of Eddie from a hired girl in the Peebles' house to her house as a married woman.
Through the whole story, the life of Eddie does not change; she remains committed and dedicated to her duties even if she does so because that is what her employees wants. The lady started working at the Peebles place when she was fifteen, and she says that the family of the Peebles "liked to feel that you don't notice anything, that you don't think or wander about anything, but that which they liked to eat and how they liked their things ironed plus many other things" she says that to be a good maid, she learned to which involved being out of their way and generally assuming that you did not know anything else that was not related to her duties as a maid. Comment by Author: Capitalize first letters of each word; place title in quotation marks.
Comment by Author: Off-topic; this is plot summary. You need to focus on specific ironies in the story from the beginning of your paper. Despite her attempts to remain good ad innocent, she breaking this falling in love with the pilot who when leaving, promises to send her a letter about his whereabouts, by believing that she would receive a letter from the pilot, something that never really happened and when she finally came to terms with the reality, she stopped hoping for it, she says "I was always smiling when the mailman got there and continued laughing even after he gave me the and I realized that today wasn't the day". In the process of her decision to move on and stop hoping for some letter that never seemed to come, she ends up in a relationship with the mail boy who finally marries her.
Comment by Author: Again, this paragraph is simply plot summary (a retelling of the incidents in the story). You need to analyze the ironies. There are a number of ironies in the story, the first one is that, Watter’s comment about setting down was something of an illusion since by nature he was a man who feared responsibility, this is depicted by him taking off because her fiancé followed him, he promises Eddie that he would send her a letter of where he is and despite Eddie receiving a warning from the Peebles that he is not the type to settle down, she believes in the promise, waits for the letter that fails to come (Munro, et al., Chapter 2). Secondly, it is ironical that the relationship between Eddy and the mail man was initiated by Eddie herself, “so I asked him his name, he was a young, shy but good-humored, he was pleased by that and always glad to see me and got less shy" if Eddie had not opened the platform for this conversation, it is less likely that the mailman could have started it due to his high sense of shyness.
Comment by Author: Semi-colon Comment by Author: you need to use a direct quotation from the story. Comment by Author: ww-settling Comment by Author: this is not ironic; we are not surprised by this Comment by Author: Comma splice/awk Comment by Author: ww-his Comment by Author: comma splice Comment by Author: why is this ironic? Comment by Author: sp-ironic Comment by Author: sp Comment by Author: sp Comment by Author: add parenthetical citation Comment by Author: sp Lastly, the irony in the whole of the story is that Eddie met the man who became her husband while he was waiting for a letter from another man (Munro, et al., page 3). Considering the situations, one can almost say that Chris the pilot was supposed to be used as an agent to help Eddie and her husband come to know each other.
The question that remains in the mind of the reader is what could have happened had Eddie not have met the pilot or had the pilot not promised her that he will send her a letter because it was in the course of waiting for the letter from the pilot that she met the mailman who became her husband. Comment by Author: sp Everyday use by Alice Walker gives an illustration of a story of a mother and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. The story talks about the contemporary issues of education and culture, the African-American culture (Schwartz, Bruce, chapter 1). While Maggie has a vast and profound knowledge of their culture and heritage, Dee is so preoccupied with education and good life and all she thinks about is beauty and ambitious life.
While her sister, Maggie has been less exposed to life, Dee has experienced a bit of life through her exposure; she is well aware of the traditional crafts like making quilts, but since she knows that the old and traditional quilts are priceless and worthless, she despises them. While the rest of the family members like the furniture because it is their father that has made them, for her she likes them because of the texture that they have and not because of their father. To her mother and the sister, heritage includes everything that they have and all that surrounds them while to Dee; that is something of the past just an artifact that should be hung on the wall and be left behind. Comment by Author: qm Comment by Author: Off-topic; focus on ironies within the story.
Comment by Author: something being called “priceless”—means that it has such a high value that one cannot put a price on it. It is the opposite of what you indicate here. In one instance, her mother, Mrs. Johnson makes an ironical comment about Dee and the way she behaves of late (Schwartz, Bruce, chapter 3). The education that Dee received has played a big role in shaping her new character, while at the same time, it has created a separation wall between her and her family.
Her mother says, “She used to read to us without pity, forcing lies, whole lies upon us, sitting trapped underneath her voice—” in simple terms, Dee has formed her traditions that are against the traditions of her culture and heritage. But to some extent, it would be right to say that some of the knowledge are not worth having. Comment by Author: What is the comment? Use a direct quotation. Comment by Author: Incorrect format.
Comment by Author: Page number Comment by Author: You have not discussed irony in this paragraph. Due to the difference in character portrayed by her daughters, the mother begins to appreciate Maggie, her simplicity, and good deeds compared to those of her sister Dee. Walker in her story tries to tell the readers that heritage and culture should be part of a person, not something that is dropped when not necessary in life (Schwartz, Bruce, page 3). To keep culture active and useful, it has to be kept into everyday use. Comment by Author: You are discussing theme here, which is different than irony.
The irony is an aspect that writers can put to use to bring out the hidden meaning that the story contains. This is the same idea that has been used by Munro and Walker in bringing out the theme of irony. Comment by Author: Irony is not a theme. Irony is a tool, a literary device. It is not an idea.
Comment by Author: Jiang, you need to focus on actually showing ironic moments within each story. You have not done so here. Please read the section about irony and the different literary types of irony in your textbook. References Top of Form Comment by Author: Remove. See an example of a works cited page on page 54 of your textbook.
Munro, Alice. Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You: Thirteen Stories. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1974. Print. Bottom of Form Comment by Author: Format—you need to list the title of the story as well. Follow MLA formatting rules for short works in an anthology. Schwartz, Bruce R. Alice Walker: Everyday Use. New York, N.Y: Films Media Group, 2005. Internet resource. Comment by Author: Is this an analysis? You need to add the story itself to your works cited list.