In this essay I will compare and contrast irony and paradox using Like the Sun and The Open Window. The definition of irony is the effect created when a writer sets up contrasts between readers or characters expectations and reality. The definition of paradox is a statement that seems contradictory but actually reveals a deeper truth. First, I will show some examples of paradox in Like the Sun. In this story someone decides to tell the full truth for the whole day. The paradox is thet the truth can be a bad thing. The person in the story makes his wife mad by telling her that her cooking is bad, one of his friends asks him how he feels about a guy that passed away and he told his friend that the guy that passed away was a selfish brute, and then his boss asks him how is singing is and he says it is bad. Those are some examples of paradox. …show more content…
At the time she wasnt there but her daughter was and she lies to him about her dad and brother and the dog going and hunting but then the place where they go gets flooded and they havent seen them for three years and they leave the window open in Octobers hoping they will come back. Then Mrs Sappleton comes and tells them why they leave the window open. That day they come home and the guy runs away with his condiion worse. Third, I will explain the differences of irony and paradox. Paradox is when something seems to go against something like in Like the Sun we are told the truth is good but the story shows it can be bad. Irony is something set up like when the little girl lied to the man in The Open Window and it made his ilness worse than better. Those are some examples of irony and paradox. Those are also the differences of irony and paradox. The point of this essay was to explain the differences between irony and paradox in like the