ANALYSIS/SYNTHESIS QUESTION
DICTION AND IRONY
Diction is the author
use of words.
15. On page 277 Asse
on page 277 Assef tells Amir, "You don't know the meaning of the word
verating' until you've done that, stood in a roomful of targets, let the bullets
ry, free of guilt and remorse, knowing you are virtuous, good, and decent.
nowing you're doing God's work. It's breathtaking." What is ironic about
Assef's meaning of the word liberating and his concept of "doing God's
work"?
Irony comes from
which itself derive
meaning "dissen
drama, the eiron
who, although
opponent, the
defeats him by
himself
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differe
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