Irony

        Irony is the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or strongler expression. There are three kinds of irony: verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else, dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know, irony of situation is a discrepancy between the expected result and actual results. Irony is found everywhere if you pay close attention to it, we can see it on the subway, in ads, in any media we use. For example, "Colgate ad" this is really ironic because the man doesn't have teeth. 
        An example of irony is seen in Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem "Richard Cory".

Cory was a rich man from a town, clean favored and imperially slim. Richard was a clam man and a gentleman. Everyone admired Richard Cory, they all wished they where in his place, for example in this line "We thought he was everything, To make us wish that we were in his place".  Some facts that were mentioned is this poem is how people really saw him but little they knew.  The last line is so surprising  because Cory seemed like he was so happy but he really wasn't, "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,Went home and put a bullet through his head". This poem shocked me because the way people describe this man makes it seem like he is fine and he has a perfect life. The people of the town envy Cory because he seemed Happy for example in this line, "He was a gentleman from sole to crown" in this line the author uses the word "sole" to make it sound like "soul" so that the reader thinks about Cory's soul to really gets us thinking about his true side. And he was rich and he got to eat what ever he wanted for example in this line "So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread" this shows how they envied because he got to eat the things they couldn't. This poem is different from a news item in a paper because that's not a thing people most likely would. People who will kill themselves is those who have problems. The tone of this poem is sadness. The reason why this poem is ironic is that we don't expect it to end they way it did, "And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head". The poem is told by someone that lives in the same town and admires him also.
        In the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, Mary the main character is waiting for her husband and starting doing the usual until he got home. When her husband got home he was acting a little weird. Mary was trying to get him comfortable and he resisted. And this is when the story has a twist he tells her that he cheated on her and she went wild. Well this isn't the ironic part but the fact that she killed her husband with a leg of a lamb, and she cooked it is ironic. "There was a good deal of hesitating among the four policemen, but they were clearly hungry, and in the end they were persuaded to go into the kitchen and help themselves. The woman stayed where she was, listening to them speaking among themselves, their voices thick and sloppy because their mouths were full of meat. Have some more, Charlie? No. Better not finish it. She wants us to finish it. She said so. Be doing her a favor. Okay then. Give me some more. That's the hell of a big club the guy mustve used to hit poor Patrick, one of them was saying. 'the doc says his skull was smashed all to pieces just like from a sledgehammer. 'that's why it ought to be easy to find. Exactly what I say. Whoever done it, theyre not going to be carrying a thing like that around with them longer than they need. One of them belched. Personally, I think it's right here on the premises. Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack? And in the other room, Mary Maloney began to giggle." This part of the story, which is the ending, is a situation irony, discrepency between the expected result and actual results, because the  reader thinks she will end up getting caught but she doesn't which makes it more ironic besides her having the police officers eat the weapon.
        In the article "The House that Slaves Built" by Gardiner Harris, is about how ironic and life changing is the fact that Barack Obama and his family move into the White House. There is many reasons why this is ironic and one of the main reason is that the White House was built by slaves. The fact that Barack Obama and his family are African Americans and because "when you a look back at a 200-year-old house that has not always been so welcoming to blacks", said Gardiner Harris. This is ironic.

       In this article "Is it ironic that so many don't understand irony" by Daily Writing Tips, writes about  how its a ironic how people can't tell the difference of whats ironic and what's not. I agree with daily Writing Tips because the thing this writer is talking about are so true. He talks about how my generation doesn't know much about irony he does a survey with a couple of sentences either ironic or just normal sentence and the kids had to choice if the sentences where either or. It shows the percentages of people who voted and the corrected answer. And most of the youth got it wrong.
      The 'For the thousandth time, I don't want to take part in a survey!' cartoon is ironic because there is two guys in a island and one of them is doing a survey but a survey is take by a group of people and that makes it ironic because they are only two of them in an island all by themselves so it doesn't make sense to do a survey.
       The lyrics of Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" she writes about how ironic is the death of an old man and she compairs his death to other ironic things. She starts off the lyrics with "An old man turned ninety-eight, He won the lottery and died the next day" this is ironic because he didn't even get to enjoy the money.
         The video of the car commerical is ironic because a girl is talking about how she readed part of an artical about how older people are turning more anit-social, but her parents are not.