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Situational Irony
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Explanation and Analysis:
Bradbury’s writing style in “The Last Night of the World” combines long swaths of dialogue between the protagonists with short and simple descriptions of the setting and characters—all of which is told from the perspective of a third-person narrator. The following passage—which comes as the couple discusses the impending end of the world—captures both of these elements of Bradbury’s style:
“There are bombers on their schedules both ways across the ocean tonight that’ll never see land.”
“That’s part of the reason why.”
“Well,” he said, getting up, “what shall it be? Wash the dishes?”
They washed the dishes and stacked them away with special neatness. At eight-thirty the girls were put to bed and kissed good night and the little lights by their beds turned on and the door left open just a trifle.
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