What is an example of situational irony in Fahrenheit 451?

Answer 1

The role ofthe fireman is to put out fire; however in the novel, iBradbury creates a paradoxical situation when he has Montagin his role of fireman, not only setting fires but finding great pleasure in doing so.

A paradox is a statement with surface contradiction but clear meaning. The unusual role of the fireman is really an example of situational irony, not paradox.

Answer 2

A paradox is two strongly contrasting ideas that work together to make scene.

1.Montag: burns books and secretley reads them

2.Beatty: Read many books but thinks they should be burnt

3.Mildred: Montags wife who is alive but doesn't live her life

4.Faber: Knows the rules are corrupt but still follows them

5.Society: Happy without books but commit suicide and murder

Answer 3

"It was a pleasure to burn."

"It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed"

Both on page one of The Hearth and the Salamander in the first two lines.

They are oxymorons because they are contradicting the joy that Montag is getting out of a destructive act.

Answer 4

An example of situational irony in Fahrenheit 451 is when Montag's wife turns him in for having books, despite her own secret collection of literature. This is ironic because she was initially portrayed as being uninterested in books, but eventually betrays her husband for the very thing she pretended to despise.

Answer 5

Verbal irony is when a character says something directly contradictory. There are many examples in Fahrenheit 451.