Examples Of Irony In Animal Farm

Irony, in this instance, is used to add levity to the serious nature of the Sheapersons and Grangerfields families fighting, and the gunfight that preceded it. It serves as a way of highlighting the ridiculous nature of the entire feud. During a sermon, the pastors preach the values of ‘brotherly love’ and yet they all carry guns and attempt to kill one another as soon as church’s mass is over. Moreover, the irony of the situation is further noted in the passage when Buck is unable to recall the reason the Sheapersons and Grangerfields are fighting at all. To me, the reason these contrived quarrels are still happening is due to a grudge, one that everyone in each respective lineage participates in, but one that no one truly knows the motives