"He always tells the children the story of how I went after him by sitting by the mailbox every day, and naturally I laugh and let him, because I like for people to think what pleases them and makes them happy."
(pg. 146)
This was my favorite story we read even though some parts were a little wierd. However, I mostly enjoyed this because I really like ironic stories. It is always fun to see something unexpected happen. This story contained many ironies, both situational and dramatic. The quote above illuminates the dramatic irony that occurs in the end of the story with the husband telling his kids how he met their mom. He believes that it was her who was flirting with him by waiting for him at the mailbox everyday when, in reality, she was waiting on another man, Chris. In addition to this, the story is a situational irony becuase the plot leads the reader to suspect that Edie will receive the letter from Chris and eventually marry him. In contrast, Edie's waiting on the letter leads her to find a new person, the mailman, who she ends up marrying. I enjoyed this story because of the ironies that led to a different meaning among the text and kept me, the reader, guessing what would happen. I think the purpose of Edie marrying the mailman was to combat the traditional love story format of a happily ever after ending to a more realistic ending conveying the reality that people can't wait forever on something that will never happen.
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