Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature Essay

T. C. Boyles Carnal Knowledge narrates roughly the life of Jim, his character and feelings. The phthisis of irony indicates slightly the real life events and how Jim encountered them. Use of derision channelises how Jim faced tyranny and revealed about his character. Irony is utilise at different points in the story. Thesis The use of Irony in this story depicts how soldiery tries to gain love and other materialistic things in life still how events lead to misfortunes and undesirable results. commonly true proportions never develop if theyre based on lies and fake attitude.The cashier describes about the m eject in the supermarket and it is the first point when Irony is used. He desperately describes the delicious ways in which warmness is consumed and an indication how he loves meat and hes not a vegan. Jim is totally inclined towards the taste and not worried about how the animals are killed. In another instance irony is used when he meets with Alena and Alf. When Jim in out on dinner with Alena, again he had no meat to eat because of Alenas involvement in animal protection.Irony usually results from someones own faults in character. Alf peed on Jim. There is he met Alena. Appearance of Alf was another point of irony for him as the dog peed on him. Then later dog tried to attack on him. Jim is not very caring about animals. But when he meets Alena, he does care but not for animals but only for Alena and to prove to be so good that he cares. though he loved to eat meat but he decline to admit in front of Alena that he eat meat and pretended that hes a vegetarian.It was his irony that he was deprived of having meat in meal in order to show Alena that hes the same like her and she might got interested in him seeing all these characters. The narrator is also left in irony when he was in turkey farm. Irony was used at this point when Jims feelings were hurt as he was left in the farm. Jim tried to save turkeys. Though he did his best to become a good heroic image in the eyes of Alena, but still she did not pay any attention to him and cleared this point to him that there is no relation between us and our purpose is only to save animals.While saving turkeys he felt more(prenominal) like hungry then wanting to save them. At farm Jim had to handle all the ticker tasks while his beloved was away with other cores. Though Jim tried to impress Alena with his lies but did not succeed. It was Alenas love for animals and thats for she cared. She never thought about meat and the taste. But Jims focus was meat and the taste it gives in different forms. Jims irony was that he never got what he wanted to be in Alenas eyes.Conclusion In the Carnal Knowledge irony is used in toll that despite his all efforts to become so good in the eyes of Alena his endeavors were wasted. His character does not search to be realistic. He lied to prove himself good. He was not really a good person but he tried to be good just to have more attention from Al ena, and at long last all his efforts were wasted.Works CitedT. C. Boyles Carnal Knowledge In Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, Seventh Edition, p. 267