For the past few days in class we have focused on the subject of irony. This is personally a confusing topic because it is hard to tell sometimes when it is irony or sarcasm or if you are just completely confused. The type of irony i find most easy to spot is probably dramatic irony. You don't always know that whats happening IS intact dramatic irony but now that you know what it is: Knowing something that certain characters in the play, book, movie, ect.
But after we learned about irony and what it is i can't NOT notice it!! In my book for example the boy is running away from home and is at the train station, i know this, meanwhile the dad is looking everywhere for him and has no clue where he could be. Dramatic irony is even on popular t.v. shows like Modern Family! I saw an episode the other day where they were trying to get sympathy from someone so a boy pretended to recognize a lady and talk about how great his dad is, I know that the dad gave his son a complete pep talk right before but the lady just thinks it is so sweet and that he must be a really great guy!
Dramatic irony is my favorite i think of the three. Not because it is easy to find or anything like that but because everyone likes to feel like they are a part of something and when you know something other people don't (even if they are fictional characters) you feel smart and included. If any writer or director can make you want to teleport yourself into their scene, chapter, setting, anything, they deserve a gold star!!
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