Irony is an important literary device in many stories and there are many examples of it in “The Stone Boy” by Gina Berriault, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In all of these works, irony plays an important role in the plot of the story. In “The Stone Boy”, the title of the story is a good example of irony. The title indicates to the reader that Arnold has no feelings and is like a stone. The irony here is that Arnold cares more about Eugie than anybody, he just doesn’t know how to express it. Although Arnold did not start out as a “stone boy”, by the end of the story the other characters’ actions forced Arnold to “build a wall” around himself so his feelings couldn’t be hurt anymore. George Orwell also used irony in the plot of A....

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