Examples Of Irony In The Ransom Of Red Chief

O Henry has a very unique writing style. One of his writing styles is irony/plot twists, which is when something happens that is the exact opposite of what was expected. The Ransom of Red Chief is a story where the main characters kidnapped a kid to get money. In this part of The Ransom of Red Chief Ebenezer Dorset tells them how to give his kid back to him. When on page 6 Ebenezer Dorset says, "You bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty in cash, and I agree to take him off your hands." This is an example of irony because instead of them getting the money they had to pay Mr. Dorset the to get the kid off their hands. After Twenty Years is a story where two friends go to a restaurant after twenty years to catch up on what they have

When on page 228 Bob says, "I was at the appointed place on time when you struck the match to light your cigar, I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. I couldn't do it to myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job." This is an example of irony because one of the friends, who is a cop, got arrested by the other friend, who was a criminal. It was the exact opposite of what was expected to happen because no one would have guessed that the person to arrest him would be his best friend. The Gift of the Magi is a story where a husband and wife sell their prized possessions to get something for the other during Christmas. In this part of The Gift of the Magi the husband sells something that is important to him to get something for his wife. When on page 4 he says, "I sold the watch to get the money to buy the combs." This is an example of irony because she sold her hair to get a chain for his watch, and he sold his watch to get combs for her

For example, on page 14, paragraph 10, Ben states, "Say - I'm going in-a-swimming, I am. Don't you wish you could? But of course you'd druther WORK..." Mark Twain used phrases like, "I'm going in-a-swimming, I am" and, "But of course you'd druther WORK" in his writing to give the reader a clearer idea of the setting. That wasn't the only piece of evidence in the Whitewashing the Fence short story that represents Mark Twain's regional dialect. Also on page 14, paragraph 6, the text states, "Ben stared a moment and then said: 'Hi-YI YOU’RE up a stump, ain't you!'" Instead of saying, "You got in trouble," Mark Twain used phrases like, "You're up a stump," instead, even though they both mean the same thing. He does this to make the story more interesting for the reader. All in all, the short story, Whitewashing the Fence, from Tom Sawyer, has many different quotes that show Mark Twain's unique writing style called regional