In “Odgers’s Funeral”, by Henry James, the satirical and irreverent tones connote his emotions regarding the scum of society. The diction throughout the passage further emphasizes his irreverent and mocking tones. It is shown when he states he “will not call [the funeral] a tragedy, but a serious comedy.” It shows his disrespect to the lower class and how he has no empathy for them. As well as when he states the man who passed away had a “perverse desire” and that he had a “useful profession as a shoemaker” further extends his sarcastic thoughts. Then, when he calls the people attending the funeral the “dregs of the population” and says they were a “the London rabble” it demonstrates a combination of both critical and irreverent tones. He