Have you ever heard of someone being excited to get kidnapped? Or someone who wanted more but ended up in misery? In the story “The Ransom Of Red Chief,” by O. Henry, their is situational irony when the little boy John enjoys being kidnapped. He refuses to go back home to his old life. In the story “The Necklace,”by Guy de Maupassant, their was situational irony when matilde wanted to be the richest of the rich but ended up being very poor. Situational irony is a very strange thing.
In the story “The Ransom of Red Chief,” by O. henry makes situational irony with a funny humor. For instance the boy, John, is happy to be kidnapped by Bill and Sam. When asked if he would like to go home he replys “Aw what for?, I don't have any fun at home.” Usually when when someone gets kidnapped they are crying for their mother. John thought this was the best day of his life! Another reason of situational irony is that the two men end up paying mr Dorset, John's dad, for him to take john back. Bill and Sam recive a letter from Mr
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For instance, Mathilde, the main character in the story, wants to be the richest of the rich, but ends up being the poorest of the poor. After she loses Madame Forestier’s necklace, she ends up in ten years of misery. “She came to know the heavy work of the house, the hateful duties of the kitchen,...., and clad like a poor woman, she went to the grocer basket on her arm, fighting for every wretched halfpenny of her money.” Another example of situational irony is, she saw all the fancy jewels, and did not think any of them were good enough for her; but when she saw the fake diamond necklace she thought it was the perfect one for her. “She tried the effect of the jewels before the mirror,hesitating, unable to make up her mind to leave them, to give them up. She kept on asking, haven't you anything else? But she thought the fake necklace was the best one for