A LONG WAY GONE: LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS - ISHMAEL BEAH

OTHER ELEMENTS

IRONY

Another important element is irony - when something happens, or is seen, or is heard that we may know, but the characters do not, or that appears opposite of what is expected. Some examples of irony include:


1. She keeps asking the boys all kinds of questions about their father and their eating habits and everything that a grandmother would worry about. They put her off and refuse to spend the night. Ironically, she waves them off, as they start off again, with her right hand, a sign of good luck..........



.......... 14. Their lives are tainted by their experiences, but Ishmael is confident that nothing could get any worse than it has been and that makes him smile. He doesn’t know that the war will eventually come to Freetown.

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