All 3 Uses of
irony
in
Childhood's End
- It had been virtually shattered by two inventions, which were, ironically enough, of purely human origin and owed nothing to the Overlords.
Chpt 6 *ironically = when what happens is very different than what might be expected
- The current chairman of the council was the philosopher, Charles Yan Sen, an ironic but fundamentally cheerful man who was not yet in his sixties and was therefore still in the prime of life.†
Chpt 17
- You called us the Overlords, not knowing the irony of that title.
Chpt 20irony = when what happens is very different than what might be expected; or when things are together that seem like they don't belong together