Irony is a language device, either in spoken or written form in which the meaning is contradicted in a situation where there is an incongruity between what is expected and what occurs. For instance, in the short story Gore, there are multiple examples of irony. An example from Gore of a situational irony, which is shown at the end is when the bigger and stronger twin, Lucas is tricked by Amy’s intelligence. As Amy takes two steps into the bathroom and says, “Success! Triumph!,” we can infer Amy has succeeded with her plan and has proved her ability by challenging what many readers expected. This is an example of situational irony because the reader might have assumed the weak and small twin would have no chance of competing with the stronger