“LIKE THE SUN” by R. K. Narayan ABOUT THE AUTHOR. R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) was born in Madras‚ India. After completing his education‚ he taught in a small village school. Narayan left teaching to devote himself full time to writing‚ and in 1935 he published his first novel‚ Swami and Friends. Two other early works‚ The Bachelor of Arts and Mr. Sampath‚ helped establish his reputation internationally. The Financial Expert (1952)‚ his first novel to be published in the United States‚ was followed
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Irony is an important literary device in many stories and there are many examples of it in “The Stone Boy” by Gina Berriault‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In all of these works‚ irony plays an important role in the plot of the story. In “The Stone Boy”‚ the title of the story is a good example of irony. The title indicates to the reader that Arnold has no feelings and is like a stone. The irony here
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Authors use irony to make stories more exciting. To begin‚ in the movie The Labyrinth‚ there was some verbal irony. Verbal irony is when a character says something that they don’t really mean. The first example of verbal irony was when Sara referred to the labyrinth as a “piece of cake” while she was truly having many difficulties. Another was when Hoggle the goblin said that he could never hurt Sara‚ but he still gave her the poisonous peach anyway. And finally the last was Hoggle said he didn’t
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In the short story‚ Like the Sun‚ author R.K. Narayan expresses the importance of telling the truth‚ being honorable‚ and imposes the consequences of telling the truth. In this short story the main character Sekhar reflects on truth and decides to tell the complete truth for one whole day. He goes through a series of challenges throughout the day‚ but still sticks to his promise to tell the truth. Sekhar believed this was an honorable thing to do. In the end though he has to face the consequences
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statement that seems contradictory but actually reveals a deeper truth. Irony is the effect created when a writer sets up contrasts between readers’ or characters’ expectation and reality. In this essay i will compare and contrast how the authors of “Like the sun” and “The open window” present the concepts of truth and deception. Then i will also state what rolls paradox and irony play. In the book “Like the Sun” Narayan uses paradox to show how telling the truth really can do more harm than it
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Irony used in Macbeth During a scary movie‚ the audience knows where the killer is hiding‚ but the characters are clueless. This always keeps the audience on the edge of their seat‚ because they know that the character is going to die. This is an example of dramatic irony. William Shakespeare in Macbeth uses dramatic irony‚ situational irony‚ and verbal irony. Irony is used to add suspense as well as keeping the reader involved‚ to deepen the reader’s understanding of the characters and to emphasize
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story‚ Montresor takes revenge on Fortunado and kills him. Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates irony in “The Cask of Amontillado”. Irony is when something happens‚ but you expected the exact opposite‚ Edgar Allan Poe used irony by having Montresor pretend to care about Fortunado ‚ by making comments about Fortunado ‚ and by Montresor saying he wants Fortunado to have a long life. First‚ Edgar Allan Poe uses Irony “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ when Montresor pretends to care about Fortunado. To illustrate
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Dramatic irony is a literary technique that occurs when an event happens in the story that the audience understands‚ but the story’s characters cannot grasp. William Shakespeare uses this device throughout a numerous amount of his plays‚ whether it be a comedy or tragedy. This particular element‚ in Shakespearian tragedies‚ is used in order to add a tragic element of not knowing to the story. It is also used to engage the audience and to help reveal the tragic flaw that evidently leads to the hero’s
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In the story‚ Lamb to The Slaughter Mary Maloney and Patrick Maloney are husband and wife. The use of irony gives the story a humorous ending and can really make you want to continue reading. At first‚ Mary was nice and loving to her husband‚ until he breaks the news to her of his “affairs”. Situational irony is being used in this story. Patrick‚ knowing how jaunty Mary is‚ he would never aspire of her killing him in an act of jealousy.. “Darling‚ shall I get your slippers?”(2) As one can tell‚ Mary
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getting revenge on an old friend named Fortunato who had done him wrong in some unknown way. Within this short story‚ Poe uses many examples of black humor and irony. Poe uses Fortunato’s name symbolically‚ as an ironic device. Though his name means “the fortunate one” in Italian‚ Fortunato meets an unfortunate fate as the victim of Montresor’s revenge. Fortunato adds to the irony of his name by wearing the costume of a court jester. While Fortunato plays in jest‚ Montresor sets out to fool him‚ with
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