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What forms of irony does Thurber employ to heighten comedic effect? How else does irony function in the story?
My Life and Hard Times was published in 1933, but “The Night the Ghost Got In” takes place in 1915. How might WWI and WW2 have influenced themes within the narrative?
By James Thurber
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