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Is this irony?
I'm struggling to understand why the following paragraph contains irony.
Excerpt:
"Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the streets, we played among the enormous stone monuments of the millionaires - both those tireless Pittsburgh founders of the heavy industries from which the nation's wealth derived (they told us at school) and the industrialists' couldn't-lose bankers and backers, all of whom began as canny boys, the stories of whose rises to riches adults still considered inspirational to children."
The test-prep book says that the author looks on the stories and the men with irony. What does it mean to "look on with irony?" And what in this paragraph indicates she's doing so?
Also, does the use of the word "still" in this context ("...still considered...") indicate "even during that time" or, instead, "nevertheless?"
Thank you for your help.
Excerpt:
"Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the streets, we played among the enormous stone monuments of the millionaires - both those tireless Pittsburgh founders of the heavy industries from which the nation's wealth derived (they told us at school) and the industrialists' couldn't-lose bankers and backers, all of whom began as canny boys, the stories of whose rises to riches adults still considered inspirational to children."
The test-prep book says that the author looks on the stories and the men with irony. What does it mean to "look on with irony?" And what in this paragraph indicates she's doing so?
Also, does the use of the word "still" in this context ("...still considered...") indicate "even during that time" or, instead, "nevertheless?"
Thank you for your help.
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[nq:1]"Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the streets, we played among the enormous stone monuments of the millionaires ... with irony. [/nq] This seems to be a poor example of irony.
- [nq:1]"Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the streets, we played among the enormous stone monuments of the millionaires ...
- with irony.
- [/nq] This seems to be a poor example of irony.
- Look up its root definition, in dramatic irony.
- This occurs when the audience (at a play) knows more about topic X than the person currently speaking about X.
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[nq:1]"Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the streets, we played among the enormous stone monuments of the millionaires ... with irony. What does it mean to "look on with irony?" And what in this paragraph indicates she's doing so?[/nq]
This seems to be a poor example of irony.
Look up its root definition, in dramatic irony.
This occurs when the audience (at a play)
This seems to be a poor example of irony.
Look up its root definition, in dramatic irony.
This occurs when the audience (at a play)
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[nq:1]I'm struggling to understand why the following paragraph contains irony. Excerpt: "Outside in the neighborhoods, learning our way around the ... with irony. What does it mean to "look on with irony?" And what in this paragraph indicates she's doing so?[/nq]
The irony is the author/s don't believe it.
They know damned well the "tireless Pittsburgh founders of the heavy industries" wer
The irony is the author/s don't believe it.
They know damned well the "tireless Pittsburgh founders of the heavy industries" wer
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