Homework Help: english

Posted by kajsa on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 1:55pm.

The prompt states "Note the irony in Nadine Gordimer's Once Upon a Time. Argue to what affect and how successfully irony is used and what it accomplishes."

I know that the irony lies in the fact that Gordimer starts the fairy tale by stating that she hates fairy tales and that the boy dies in his parent's effort to protect him, but I'm sort of missing the mark as far as Gordimer's cultural relevance. I know it refers to the Apartheid but how/why?

Also I'm having trouble formulating a thesis statement

english - SraJMcGin, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 1:57pm
Try some of these links:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&p=Nadine+Gordimer%27s+Once+U+pon+a+Time+and+Apartheid

Sra
english - kajsa, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 2:49pm
That doesn't help at all. I know how to google.
English - Writeacher, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 3:27pm
Did you google irony in Nadine Gordimer's Once Upon a Time yet? You need that word "irony" in the search terms to find things. There are a few in the search results below, but you would have to judge whether various answers are worth checking out or not.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,17311,23756,24692,24878,24879,25752,25854,26101,26209,26218,26286,26339,26751,26780,26789,26799&sugexp=ldymls&tok=a9-7oW3ms4JXnAXBnD5M5g&xhr=t&q=irony+in+Nadine+Gordimer%27s+Once+Upon+a+Time&cp=43&pf=p&sclient=psy&site=&source=hp&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=irony+in+Nadine+Gordimer%27s+Once+Upon+a+Time&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=bf4aaf4ca6ffe511

When you ask a question about a particular work, you run the risk of asking about something that none of us has read. I've never read this, so the best I'd ever be able to do is a search results link.

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