Part one of term paper
When referring to John Irving's book The World According to Garp, it has been said “His style is simplistic, almost childlike..."(55), and “ Irving's prose is the prose of a poorly educated man-his vocabulary is uninspiring, his grammatical proprieties is severely limited."(51) It has also been said that Irving's “instincts are so bas ...

Part two of term paper
... even if it wasn't grammatically perfect. So what makes his story telling so strong and unique that you look past these flaws? His use of irony, but it's not only the irony, it's how he manipulates the irony. I call his technique ironic circling. Ironic circles are when the author creates irony that starts at the beginning of the book and doesn't stop until the end. The irony just keeps repeating itself over and over again until the reader is so engrossed they can't put the book dow ...