Question

1. Describe what is ironic about “Charles” and “The Gift of the Magi”. Explain how each author uses irony and the effect that each story has on readers. Be sure to use details about the characters and their actions to support your answer. @jonnyboy101

Answer 1

can you tell me the name of both authors?

Answer 2

yeah hold on:)

Answer 3

ok

Answer 4

for the 1st story its by Shirley Jackson and the second story is by O. Henry

Answer 5

alright thank you I'll see if I can find the answers

Answer 6

"The Gift of the Magi"- love this story. Each sacrifices to try and show their love for each other but the sacrifice was not needed to show the love. In fact, they sacrificed what they loved best about each other (in terms of physical traits or possessions). Only you can answer what effect it has on you.

Answer 7

Jackson employs dramatic irony in "Charles" because the discerning reader realizes before the narrator does that Laurie's gleeful description of Charles's exploits are in actuality his own doings. The kindergarten teacher's statement at the end of the story confirms this suspicion. When the teacher states that she has no student named Charles, the logical conclusion is that Laurie made up his existence and has in fact been describing himself and his own misbehavior to his unsuspecting parents.

Another example of dramatic irony in "Charles" can be found in the narrator’s and her husband’s avid desire to meet Charles’s mother. They do not know, as does the reader, that Charles's mother is in the narrator herself. Therefore, they already know Charles's mother—they just do not know she is the narrator herself.
http://www.gradesaver.com/the-lottery-and-other-stories/study-guide/summary-charles

Answer 8

thank you @Daniellelovee and @jonnyboy101

Answer 9

np

Answer 10

can you help me with another question?

Answer 11

close this one first