Ella Klein Hill 7 Accelerated English 26 April 2024 Priscilla and The Wimps Humor Analysis Priscilla and the Wimps is a story written by Richard Peck. The story is humorous, and displays both low and high comedy. Humorous language and methods are used to present ideas within the text. In the story Priscilla and The Wimps, Richard Peck uses hyperboles, irony, and caricatures to create humor and communicate the universal truth that negative actions always come with consequences. The author uses hyperboles in multiple instances to exaggerate elements of the story. For example, in paragraph six the narrator states, “This school was the old Monk’s Garden of Eden”. The hyperbole in the sentence is used to exaggerate the amount of control Monk had …show more content…
The author exaggerates it to show how harsh Priscilla was with Monk, which shows that Monk got what he deserved in the end. Richard Peck also uses irony to create humor in Priscilla and the Wimps. An example of this is on page 1, where it says, “A little guy named Melvin Detweiler”. Priscilla, who is described as the largest girl in the school, is friends with her direct opposite. This creates irony because the reader expects Priscilla to be associated with someone similar to her. Another example of irony is when Priscilla confronts Monk and shoves him into his locker (Peck 3). This is ironic because the narrator thinks of Monk as incredibly scary, but Monk backs down when threatened by Priscilla. This furthers the universal truth because it shows that, even though it seemed impossible, there was someone bigger and better than Monk that could demonstrate the consequences of his own actions. The characters of Priscilla and Monk are both caricatures. They are over-dramatic versions of the actual people in the narrator’s story. This is shown on page 1, where it says, “Not that Mighty Monk never touched money, just not in public”. Monk is labeled as an extremely tough and ferocious middle
The types of irony I choose were situational irony and dramatic irony.The reason I choose these 2 was because ,I think these are the easiest to do.Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
In 1983, author Margaret Atwood published the short story Happy Ending. It is written in third person swapping from limited to omniscient, though ultimately being told directly toward the reader finishing off with second person and sentences talking directly to the reader mixed in along the way. The story consists of letters going from A to F, with every letter telling of some scenario that takes place involving the only five characters: John, Mary, Madge, James and Fred. Story A holds the typical boy meets girl, falls in love, marry and live happily ever after until death. With this familiar story, it is granted the title Happy Ending and becomes the symbol that the rest of the story will build off of.
Markus Zusak displays many forms of Irony in his novel “The Book Thief”. Without all of the irony in the book, I fear that it would be quite boring and not very exciting to read. The first example of irony in “The Book Thief” is Liesel’s obsession with stealing books. She came to Munich as an orphan that could not read or even spell her own name, and yet she loves stealing books. Liesel’s reading and writing do advance throughout the novel, but when she could not read, she would steal books for what seemed to be no particular reason. Hans Hubberman thought that she was stealing book just so she could have words near her, while Rosa Hubberman thought she was doing it just to be a menace. Her book stealing all started
William Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men is novel that explores the political society and its influences. Like several politicians in modern society, several characters have qualities that seem unsuitable to the impression that have made. These ironies in All the King’s Men reveal how the characters have flaws, which can result in critical consequences. Jack Burden, Adam Stanton, Judge Irwin and Willie Stark are characters that with ironic traits.
The book utilizes both situational and verbal ironies. A prime example of situational irony is on page 167, soon after Tea Cake is bitten by the rabid dog. He says to Janie, “Ain’t got de damn doctor tuh study ‘bout.” Although Tea Cake dismisses the thought of a doctor with concerns for Janie’s comfort, situational irony comes into play when he becomes so mentally sick he tries to kill Janie, when he likely would have recovered completely had he seen Janie’s concern as legitimate and received professional medical care. Verbal irony is present in the book as well; for example, on page 2, the crowded porch sends a communal “good evenin’” Janie’s direction. However, on page 3, Lulu Moss says Janie “ain’t even worth talkin’ after”, revealing that the porch was utilizing verbal irony. The ironies in the book serve to enrich and further develop the plot and language used to convey the novel’s
The author uses situational irony throughout the story to show underlying traits of Miss Strangeworth. For example, when Miss Strangeworth starts writing her rumor-filled anonymous letters, “Although Miss Strangeworth’s desk held a trimmed
An element of literature in The Interlopers is situational irony. Irony is the contrast between an actual outcome and what the reader or the characters expect. Irony is important to this story because a major family conflict would have ended, but an event occurred and changed that. Irony is in the interlopers when the wolves came and ate the men. When Georg says, “I will be your friend” it was major irony (Saki 309). The whole story the reader thought that the two men would surely kill each other when they met, but they made up. Also, when Ulrich said “Wolves” there is a turning point fueled by Irony (Saki 310).
Miner created a story concerning a tribe called Nacirema, it sounded so unfamiliar, but once it spelled backward it became familiar. People can recognize right away once Nacirema spelled backward and became ‘American’. In Miner’s essay, Nacirema sounds so far away and mysterious, they have many strange customs and traditions that hard to comprehend, but when ‘Nacirema’ were actually American, all those actions of Nacirema tribe, are much easier to understand. Miner incorporates double speak skill in the article ‘Nacirema’ he takes many regular situation or things and use double speak skill to cause those things like bathroom, tooth fillings, tooth paste, and tooth-brush seem rather unusual. Miner uses the art of double speak through his writing.
In Rosemary’s Baby directed by Roman Polanski there are a lot of parallels when it comes to the bible and what it is happens to the characters in the film. Mia Farrow’s (Rosemary) wardrobe illustrates idea innocence. The clothing that Rosemary wears primarily baby doll dresses and Mary Janes mimic that of a toddler. Children are seen as being innocent and un-touched from the harsh realities of the world. Rosemary in the beginning of the film up until she gets practically raped by Satan is “un-touched” from the realities of this cult. To add to irony in her birthing Satan’s spawn she grew up very religious and with nuns from what is seen in her dreams/flashbacks. Rosemary’s character in the film is a parallel with the Virgin Mary (although Rosemary is not a virgin) in that she is having Satan’s child (much like Mary had Jesus).
In the stories “Story of an Hour”, “Everyday Use”, “The Necklace”, and “The Lottery” it is evident that irony was quite a large part of the short story. There is situational irony, which is when the situation turns out differently than expected. Also, dramatic irony is present, which is when you as a reader knows more than the character. The authors seem to base their whole story around irony to surprise their readers.
...hese characters we better and more pure, bad things would might have not happened to them like they did. In this situation, cosmic irony is used to show how someone’s fate can be decided by the life decisions they make. It was only destiny that brought the Misfit and the family together.
In Guy de Maupassant’s story, The Necklace, he utilizes situational irony in order to highlight the theme. He displays this irony in order to reveal several themes that can be observed in the story. One of the major themes in this short story is how appearances can be misleading.
Irony can often be found in many literary works. “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is masterfully written full of irony. The characters of the short story, Mrs. Mallard, Josephine, Richards, Mr. Brently Mallard, and the doctors all find their way into Chopin’s ironic twists. Chopin embodies various ironies in “The Story of an Hour” through representations of verbal irony, dramatic irony, and situational irony.
Another illustration of irony is the way Nora treats her children as if they were dolls. This is situational irony because Nora is treated like a doll by her husband, and by her father when he was alive. She says "I passed out of Daddy's hands into yours.
In his dramatic monologue, Robert Browning uses irony, diction, and imagery to achieve a haunting effect.