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Irony In Stranger Than Fiction

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To begin, Irony in the form of dark humor is used to convey a postmodern concept in the movie “Stranger than Fiction”, and the short story “The Happy Man”. Ironically, in “Stranger than Fiction” the perspective of a narrator and character are reversed. Characters in a novel are commonly oblivious of their narrative. However, Harold Crick is conscious that someone is narrating his life; therefore, he takes certain steps to avert his unfolding fate. On the contrary, narrators are generally omniscient, but Kay Eiffel, the novelist, is entirely unaware of her creation’s realism. Hence, Dark humor is portrayed through the fact that Kay Eiffel killing her main character would evidently result in Harold Crick’s, a real person’s, death. Through tears,
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