Examples Of Situational Irony In The Ransom Of The Red Chief

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In “The Ransom of the Red Chief” by O. Henry there is a bunch of ironies. One example of Irony that can be found in this short story is “There was a town down there, as flat as a flannel-cake (pancake), and called Summit, of course.” (Henry 5-6). To know if this an example of irony we must analyze the sentence. There was a town down there (implying that the town is under where they are standing), as flat as a pancake flannel-cake, and called Summit (peak of a mountain), of course. We know that a pancake is always flat but the name Summit implies that the town should be high above everything and it also implies that this town should be at an angle, but since it not it is considered as situational irony. After this part of the sentence, he says

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