Once Upon A Time: Irony

If there was one thing to pick up on in this story, it's either irony or satire. For this blog I'll focus on the various ironies found within the story. For starters, the author begins by directly telling the reader that they don't write children's stories. What does she do next? She writes a children's story. However, this one is of pure satire which pretty much rips on all the other children's stories ever written. This story was by far my favorite. I really just found all the ironies to be quite funny and the way in which the author satirically conveyed her point of view, to me, was hilarious. One of my favorite ironies was how the people kept building more elaborate walls and alarm systems to keep the burglurs out. However, it did just the opposite. Many alarms went off and became more of a nuissance rather than an alarm. Just like car and fire alarms, everyone just began ignoring them, allowing the criminals to slip into homes under the cover of the alarms. Finally, the family who just wanted a happily ever after for their child decided to install barbed wire on top of their wall. The author said it was barbed wire much like that in concentration camps, so you know its good. 60% of the time, it works, every time. Instead of protecting their child though, it viciously mauled him apart as he tried to scale the wall like a hero in a children's story. Ironic, isn't it?