The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Literary Devices

Explanation and Analysis—Police Cell:

In the following example of situational irony from Chapter 23, Christopher recounts his time spent in prison for assaulting a police officer:

It was nice in the police cell. It was almost a perfect cube, 2 meters long by 2 meters wide by 2 meters high. It contained approximately 8 cubic meters of air. It had a small window with bars and, on the opposite side, a metal door with a long, thin hatch near the floor for sliding trays of food into the cell [...].

Explanation and Analysis—Favorite Dream:

In the following example of situational irony from Chapter 229, Christopher describes one of his favorite dreams to the reader:

And when I was asleep I had one of my favorite dreams. [...] And in the dream nearly everyone on earth is dead, because they have caught a virus. But it's not like a normal virus. [...] And eventually there is no one left in the world except people who don't look at other people's faces [...] and these people are all special people like me.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Situational Irony 2 key examples