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Definition of Irony
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how they actually are. If this seems like a loose definition... read full definition
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how they actually are. If this... read full definition
Irony is a literary device or event in which how things seem to be is in fact very different from how... read full definition
Part 4, Chapter 11
Explanation and Analysis—Knocked Up:
In a flashback scene in Part 4, Chapter 11, there is a moment of dramatic irony when Jean Louise talks with her friend Ada Louise after having been kissed by Albert in the schoolyard:
Ada Louise explains the steps necessary to make a baby:
"Well, first of all it takes a boy. Then he hugs you tight and breathes real hard and then he French-kisses you. That's when he kisses you and opens his mouth and sticks his tongue in your mouth—"
A ringing noise in her ears obliterated Ada Belle's narratives. She felt the blood leave her face. Her palms grew sweaty and she tried to swallow. She would not leave. If she left they would know it [...] There was no mistaking it, Albert had stuck out his tongue at her. She was pregnant.
