Irony in 'The Secret Life of Bees'

Reverend Martin Luther King arrested ... the white men at church acted like white people's team had won. (Kidd:21)

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Negroes coming to church to worship ... the deacons stood locked-arms across the church. (Kidd: 30)

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"We loved them in the Lord, Brother Gerald said, but they had their own places." (Kidd 30)

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The readers knew of Lily's plan to runaway to Tiburon with Rosaleen, but her father did not.

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God .. the poor news reporting that goes on in the world (This line represents Lily's thoughts). (Kidd 66)

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.6