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Day 11 Assignments
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Wendy Weising’s Creating Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is that when you start on an assignment, you shouldn’t be emotional about it but just do it. If you do it, you have more to work with later.
Lesson #11, Assignment #1
Wendy Weising
Lost
Kate, a criminal, is given the gun to for safekeeping.
Sahid, the expert interrogator, is captured and interrogated.
Locke was in a wheelchair before the plane crash. Now he is a tracker, hunter, and outdoors man.
Jack’s father says that he sacrificed his relationship with Jack to make him a better surgeon.
Boone, the young heartthrob, used to work for his mother who was a wedding mogul.
Sawyer, the bad boy, gives Hurley the plane’s manifest just for asking nicely.
There are polar bears living on a tropical island.
Charlie’s band just got a contract to go on a bigger tour. Charlie cancels it to save his brother from drugs. Then Charlie becomes a drug addict.
Sun wants to marry Jin because he is a good man. However, in order to marry her, he has to work for her father, which means he has to do unethical things, and it makes him a bad man whom she wants to leave.
When he was a boy, Sawyer was hurt by a man named Sawyer. Now he hurts others and calls himself Sawyer.
Lesson #11, Assignment #2
1. Jayne, a mother who hates conflict, goes to war to find and save her kids.
2. Polly acts like she’s simple, but she’s really a genius.
3. Jayne hates the aliens but falls in love with one.
4. Dr. Smith mines human beings’ brains for a needed serum but takes in a human baby and raises her.
5. Dr. Zyn must remain Dr. Smith’s lover to keep her from experimenting on the woman he really loves—Jayne.
6. Jayne’s loving husband lures her out into the street and then hits her with his car.
7. A hospital exists where the patients don’t get better but they get mined for alien brain serum.
8. Ava entertains Dr. Smith’s friends to keep getting the drugs that Dr. Smith got her hooked on in the first place.
9. Dr. Smith hates human beings, treats them like animals, but must have them to survive.
10. When Jayne listens to Dr. Zyn describe his race dying, she is really listening to the story of her own race—she too is an alien.
11. Ava believes that she has a mother out there when in fact, her mother is right beside her (Jayne).
12. Dr. Zyn, who is from a royal family, is taking orders from a scientist.
13. Polly must be Dr. Smith’s spy if she doesn’t want her brain used for the serum.
14. Dr. Smith must harm human beings to save her own race.
15. Jayne decides to escape from the hospital with people who need things from the hospital to survive.
16. Jayne who is on the human side of the spectrum is flipped to the alien side when she is told that she is one.
17. Dr. Smith tries to control everyone because she doesn’t want to be alone. But because she is so mean, everyone leaves her.
18. Polly informs on the other patients, but when she is tied up and tortured, she gives away no information.
19. Dr. Smith loves Ava’s voice, yet the more her friends about Ava, the less she sings.
20. Dr. Smith allows Polly to take little objects from the hospital. One of those objects is a key that will get them out of it.
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Elizabeth Dickinson’s Creating Irony
What I learned doing this assignment is that it’s hard for me to differentiate between situational irony and character irony, because situational irony usually reveals character ironies. It also seems that mysteries can overlap with ironies.
Also, coming up with 20 ironies by creating opposite situations was hard, because most it operates against core actions in my story that are already ironic.
THREE WAYS TO CREATE IRONY (assignment description)
A. Pick anything important in your character or story and brainstorm opposites.
B. Something happens in your story, ask, “What could be going on under the surface that is contradictory to this?”
C. Something happens in your story, ask, “What Character Profile item could have this character acting opposite of what we would normally expect?
1. Look back through your previous assignments and find at least 20 different situations or character components that you could go opposite to create irony.
2. With each, brainstorm ideas for ways it could go opposite.
3. Select the ones that work well for the show and share the character and situational irony ideas with us.
Assignment 1 Example Show
Handmaid’s Tale
Character Irony
In her old life, June was politically apathetic in spite of having an activist mother. In Gilead, June becomes a freedom fighter.
Situational Irony
June is forced to have sex with Nick the chauffeur, but ends up falling in love with him (1<sup>st</sup> irony), while still being in love with her husband (2<sup>nd</sup> irony).
My show
Character or situational elements that could go opposite way
Situational opposites
<s>Parts of Celt’s village could pre-emptively attack Romans (going against their own peace-based values) instead of finding peaceful solution, splitting the village in two. (I don’t like this…)</s>
<s>Celt’s village could actively disbelieve Celt and Coran’s report of Romans. (I don’t like this…)</s>
<s>Sasha could betray Celt’s secret night outings to their parents, so Celt can’t join Coran and village is surprised by Roman soldiers appearance. (I don’t like this…)</s>
Character opposites (again, some of these seem like situational opposites, but they reveal character opposites).
<s>Clu could be a double agent and let Celt’s village know in advance of Roman intentions. (I don’t like this…)</s>
Taranis could egg on Celt to fight Romans. (possible)
<s>Celt could refuse to learn Latin, and side with Rudhek. (I don’t like this…)</s>
<s>Roman commander could dismiss Sirius’ use of soft power and threaten earlier…(I don’t like this…)</s>
What existing ironies I actually have so far (since I’ve already written pilot episode, and a couple of others).
Celt hides his own psychic abilities even though they could help the tribe.
Sirius believes working for Rome will lead to peace, but circumstances (Piran’s death, Celt’s being tormented by fellow Celts as a collaborator, the Roman rape of Celt girls), prove otherwise.
Celt’s collaboration leads to pain, but Clu’s doesn’t.
In episode 2, Tyran warns the ship that Celt is being raped by good-guy Dakarai (when Dakarai is not), and fails to warn the ship when Celt is actually being raped by bad guy Xola.
Celt is castigated by certain fellow Celts for using Latin which is perceived as collaborating with the enemy, but being able to speak Latin is a special skill that may help him achieve a better position as a Roman slave.
Munerium indictio is a Roman custom of giving blood money when someone is wronged, but with wronged slaves that money is given to the slave owner, not the enslaved.
The only way Celt can return home (his dearest wish) is either as a Roman soldier or serving a Roman soldier (Cletus) against his own people. If he escapes, fights for his people, and is re-caught by Rome, it’s a death sentence.
Because of his skill with animals and ability to communicate with them, Celt could be a successful bestiarus (beast fighter), but to do so compromises his love for all animals. A further irony is that his only other opportunity is to fight people, including those he likes.
Gladiatorial fights could involve putting on a show that simulates real fighting, but actually involves ‘pulling punches’ in a way that audiences can’t tell the difference. But if it’s discovered, both gladiators and the gladiatorial school can be punished.
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Stuart’s Creating Irony!
What I learned doing this exercise…Irony seems easy to understand and to see through analysis and example, but it was a challenge to implement. Brainstorming situational and character irony without censoring was liberating, allowing me to overcome the challenges.
American Horror Story’s Irony
Here’s how irony shows up in the show and the recent episode viewed:
Irony in the Show:
- The Harmons need a new life as a family (love, trust) in a house stigmatized as “murder house” with a negative energy that feeds on trauma and pain.
- Violet is seeking love and acceptance from Tate, but he committed a mass shooting of his classmates in high school.
Irony in Episode 11 “Birth”:
- Ben needs Violet to leave the house to help bring her mother home (life for mom and babies), but Violet cannot leave the house – she’s dead.
- Violet tries to convince dad, Ben, that she’s dead, but his science-grounded perspective refuses to believe.
- Vivien needs to leave the house, but she’s in labor and must give birth in the murder house.
- The first fetus is still-born, but Nora takes it – will it exist for her in the afterlife?
- The birth of the twins is delivered by ghosts – led by Dr. Charles Montgomery.
- With death, Vivien (mother) and Violet (daughter) find understanding and express love.
Hop-Frog’s Irony
Here’s situational and character irony that would serve my show:
Situational Irony:
- Hop-Frog is shunned as a disabled and useless servant; he becomes the very able and closest minister for King Goplik.
- The crypt of the dead awakens and the dead rise.
- A princess is enslaved to serve a King.
- Lord Asnar manipulates and seduces the “weak and helpless” Trippetta to reveal Hop-Frog’s plot, but she’s been using him for her own means to help Hop-Frog.
- A celebration of engagement/love becomes a massacre.
- The disabled dwarf defeats the perfection of athleticism and physique.
- The Minister of Hunger is consumed by his hungry peasants.
Character Irony:
- A fool becomes the king. And the king becomes the gullible fool.
- The dancer is clumsy – and named “Trippetta” by her captors.
- Valued as a pretty, ignorant possession, a princess becomes a cunning, warrior ruler.
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Subject line: Ben’s Creating Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is if I look hard enough I would find any situations or characters I have created are actually irony even though I didn’t know. The only thing I can do is identify those situations or characters and I have my irony. It may take a while, but I believe that I will be able to do this with ease in future.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of your Example Show and notice where irony shows up in this show — both in this episode and throughout the episodes you’ve already seen.
Tell us the irony you have already discovered in the Example Show.
EXAMPLE SHOW IRONIES: PRISON BREAK
– Abruzzi betrayed Michael to make him tell Philly whereabouts of Fibonacci. Turns out they conspired to fool Philly.
– Philly and his men go to the address Michael gave him to find Fibonacci. Turns out Michael set him up to get caught by the police.
– Sebastian (Veronica’s ex-fiancé) messages Veronica to know if she’s okay. Turns out Sebastian is dead and his killer (Quinn) is using it to track Veronica’s location.
– Sara is having a bad day and sure Michael wouldn’t make her smile. Michael made her a paper flower that caused her to smile.
– Michael is using Sara, only to fall in love with her.
– Sara never wanted to fall in love with a convict, only to fall in love with one, Michael.
– Michael is breaking out his wrongly accused brother, Lincoln, but must also break out a mob boss and a murderer (criminals).
– COs investigated Michael to find out he didn’t get a whore for his conjugals. Everything turned out real, but the woman is really a whore and they fake their marriage.
– The credit card the woman handed Michael turned to be an access card.
– Quinn calls Kellerman and Hale to save him from the well, only to leave him to die.
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show
Look back through your previous assignments and find at least 20 different situations or character components that you could go opposite to create irony.
With each, brainstorm ideas for ways it could go opposite.
Select the ones that work well for the show and share the character and situational irony ideas with us.
CHARACTER IRONY
– To become his own person, Reed violates their family value (obedient), which is very important to him.
– Mo is uncompromising, but he lets his son violate their family value
– The Celestial (Terra) created Shai’Ra world to comprehend the magic, but falls in love with the magic (O’ller).
– Terra values ethics, but must break them to achieve his goal.
– Aloe pretends to protect Rain to kill her, only to fall in love with her.
– Reed hunts down Rain to stop her from changing the rule. Turns out he’s secretly helping her change the rule.
– Terra is like any one in Shai’Ra world, but he’s the Celestial who created the world.
– The people and the creatures of Shai’Ra world appear real, but they are magic.
– O’ller appears cold, but she’s nice to those she care for.
SITUATION IRONY
– Terra is manipulating Rain to change the rule to find his brother, but Rain is his brother.
– Mo deceives and plots to take Terra’s position, but it turns out Terra never wanted it and plan to hand it over to him.
– Magic is taught to pretty ones to save their dying world, but it’s to make the Celestial comprehend his magic.
– The Celestial created Shai’Ra world to comprehend the magic, but the magic became intelligent beings.
– Terra (Celestial) wants to kill Rain (the thing that prevents the Celestial understanding his magic), but he needs Rain to have breakthrough.
– In order to have a breakthrough, Terra must change the rule he introduced to lure his brother.
– Terra threatens to expose Mani to make him give Terra all his money. Turns out Terra conspired with Mani to test Rain.
– Rain recruits average and ugly ones to change the rule. She’s actually recruiting them to form an army to fight his brother.
– O’ller married her enemy Terra to save her child.
– Whyller killed Rain to take over her body. Rain is actually Whyller’s daughter.
– O’ller believes that Rain is her daughter, but Rain is her husband she is searching for.
– Reed believes his mother can make his father change his mind. Turns out his mother can’t.
– Rain believes her birth father abandoned because she caused her mother’s death in childbirth. Turns out her birth father abandoned her because she’s ugly to learn magic and bring pride to the family.
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Tim Barley’s Creating Irony
What I learned from doing this exercise is that I need to go back and now recreate a lot of what I have done now that I have found more irony in my characters and plot.
Assignment #1: Irony in “The Walking Dead”
– Rick is a sworn sheriff’s deputy, but must bend the rules when it comes to saving his family and staying alive.
– The survivors must work together but often find themselves just as awful as they were in the before world.
– The very things that they need to survive (guns) often draw more walkers to them.
– Shane just wants Lori to accept him, but he’s going dark.
Assignment #2: Possible Irony for “The Last Of the Great Ones”
Character Irony:
– Alex is the quintessential “middle of the road, no chances” guy. To be more, he must get out of that safe lane.
– Alex wants to not to be boring and for something to happen in his life, but he keeps missing the signs to take a chance.
– Allistar’s lifelong lie may be too much for him to tell the truth finally to Alex.
– Alex could use his power to make a better life for himself, but that would be too much effort.
– Feenix or Jade could be the exact relationship that Alex has been looking for, but he doesn’t want it forced on him.
Situational Irony:
– Alex wants love, but doesn’t see the love right in front of him from his friends and romantic interests.
– The very underground world that could save the world can’t be unveiled because it would upset and destroy the world order.
– The fact that Alex has ignored his family history may be what thwarts his future.
– As each house tries to bring them to their side, it may cause Alex to turn to the humans.
– By avoiding using his new power, Alex learns that he might be getting sicker.
– And by using and honing his new power, he puts himself and those around him in more danger from “No Things,” humans and The Dark Men.
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Linda Anderson’s Creating Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is the stronger the irony, the greater the drama.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show—The Righteous Gemstones
Ironic Scenes:
*Easter Sunday spectacular with light and rock-music show vs. sincere prayer
*Jessie preaches about Judas while Gideon is betraying him with the heist
*Scotty does the heist by himself and forces Gideon to help him
*Judy wants recognition but when Eli offers to feature her, she turns him down.
*Gideon foregoes revenge on his father but Scotty destroys the relationship.
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show Discovering Irony
20 situations or character components that could go opposite to create irony.
*Louise believes her life is bland and boring but her unique experiences and skills are what’s needed for her to write a terrific memoir.
*Louise lives an orderly life as a fact-checker but she goes to clown school when she wants a more exciting life to write about.
*Jan wants to be a value with her own dreams but Louise doesn’t recognize the parallels in how they show up in the world.
*Derrick needs to forgive himself but he’s stealing his life story to impress Louise.
*Candice wants to be respected in the publishing industry but she initially turns down the one author who will get her to the top in the company.
*Mark wants to have enough money to retire from his thankless FBI job but the crime boss who hires him is playing games and deriding him too.
*Chester has managed to stay alive by being in witness protection but to save his and his son’s lives he has to emerge.
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Avi Kapurala’s Creating Irony
What I learned from doing this assignment is: Irony is important to creating a layered story.
Assignment 1: Mr. Robot
1. The situation appears to be X, but it is really Y.
– Elliot works for Allsafe, which provides cybersecurity services to Evil Corp., but he is plotting to hack Evil Corp himself.
– Colby is the disgraced CTO of Evil Corp., but he is actually the man who decided to cover up the toxic leak.
2. In order to get X, they must give up Y.
– In order to bring down Evil Corp., Elliot must give up his principles and collaborate with Mr. Robot.
– Shayla must succumb to Vera’s advances to keep making money and supply Elliot with his drug.
3. The characters are avoiding X, but the thing they do to avoid it actually causes X.
– Twellick and his wife are plotting to land him the CTO’s job. But their efforts to do so actually get him fired.
– Elliot is skipping his meds to avoid confronting his past, but his mental illness and delusions worsen and land him smack in the middle of his past.
Character Irony:
· This could be a type of a paradox where they have opposite traits or want/need.
– Elliot wants love, but needs to not be around people.
– Shayla doesn’t want to have Vera in her life, but she needs the money.
– Twellick wants to be where he is, but needs to do his wife’s bidding and conspire to get the CTO’s job.
· 2. Or it could be that we are watching them violate their most important value to get something they need right now.
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· 3. The character presents themselves one way, but it turns out to be another way either intentionally or because they don’t know themselves.
– Elliot is presented as a pawn in Mr. Robot’s game, but it turns out Mr. Robot is figment of his imagination.
– Angela’s boyfriend pretends to love her, but is actually cheating on her.
– Darlene is portrayed as someone who doesn’t like Elliot, but she is actually his sister and cares for him.
Assignment 2:
Situational Irony:
2. The situation appears to be X, but it is really Y.
– Aman throws an anniversary party for his wife, seemingly to win her over, but it is actually part of a plan to kill her.
– Maya appears to be having an affair with another man, but he is actually a PI and she’s meeting him to investigate her husband.
– Maya has been getting ready to leave Aman with their children. It seems like she’s doing it for another man or because she doesn’t love him anymore. But it’s because she’s stumbled upon his past and is scared for herself and the children.
– Aman’s children get close to him after Maya’s death, but they don’t know that he’s her killer.
– Aman appears to be a cheat, but he’s actually a serial killer who’s entrapping women based on their character profile (gold diggers).
3. In order to get X, they must give up Y.
– Aman has always wanted to be in a great relationship, but in order to succeed in his career, he must sacrifice his marriage.
– In order to keep his past hidden, he must kill his wife, who he loved.
4. The characters are avoiding X, but the thing they do to avoid it actually causes X.
– Maya is trying to flee from Aman, but her efforts to do so actually draw Aman’s attention.
– Aman’s efforts to hide his past by killing Maya actually trigger a series of events that might get him caught: investigation of the accident by the police, his blackmail by the junkie’s brother and by the PI that Maya had hired, his children accidentally overhearing a phone conversation that leads to them finding out).
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Character Irony:
1. This could be a type of a paradox where they have opposite traits or want/need.
– Aman wants love, but needs to be liked, so he’d rather be friends than lose the women he likes romantically.
– Maya wants a great career, but she needs to have a family, which makes her give up her career.
– Tara wants to not care for her father’s approval about her sexuality, but she needs his approval and affection, so she lashes out at him at every opportunity.
– RJ wants to be a chef, but needs his father’s approval, so he tries to give up his want for his father.
2. Or it could be that we are watching them violate their most important value to get something they need right now.
– Maya values loyalty, but she’s turning a blind eye to what she believes is Aman’s cheating, to keep her family together.
3. The character presents themselves one way, but it turns out to be another way either intentionally or because they don’t know themselves.
– Because of his shyness, Aman pretends to be disinterested romantically, when he’s actually desperate.
– He’s a great conversationalist, but his wit is
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(Laurie Brown’s) Creating Irony!
What I learned doing this assignment is that CORP TRUTH is a fantastic title as it sums up all of the irony in the show?
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of your Example Show and notice where irony shows up in this show — both in this episode and throughout the episodes you’ve already seen.
Mr. Shaibel cold to Beth but really loves and admires her.
Mr. Shaibal says you’ve got your gift and you’ve got what it costs.
Mr. Shaibal says her anger makes her better. – like all women.
She never resigns yet she resigns to Borkov.
She plays by intuition but must study her opponents to win.
Twins become her friends but before were her nemesis.
If she is world champion she will not have anything left the rest of her life.1. Look back through your previous assignments and find at least 20 different situations or character components that you could go opposite to create irony.
1. Marge’s competition with her friend, Geri for Colonel position in nurses corp is because she wants to go to the top
Marge is not competitive with Geri.
Marge is blackmailed to compete with Geri.
Marge is an operative for the Dept of Interior
Marge wants Geri to be Colonel so she can protect her secret.
Marge secretly wants to fail at taking down Geri.
Marge know’s Geri’s secret and is secretly protecting her.
2. Bette’s wealth makes her risk averse and defiant (nothing to lose)
Bette doesn’t want to lose Geri
Bette is not wealthy and she has everything to lose
Bette acts wealthy to cover up her insecurity
Bette is terrified of being found out
Bette lost everything but still acts rich as a mask
3. Geri believes that loyalty and obedience will bring her what she wants – power over her life
Geri’s loyalty to her father brings her dishonor and disempowerment
Geri covers up her rule breaking way causing her to be publicly humiliated
Geri’s loyalty to the army takes away what she needs – family and the love of her life.
The military makes Geri powerless over her own life
4. Geri’s trigger – not being believed
Geri cover’s up her triggered reactions with alcohol
Geri believes her own lies and convinces others
Geri does the opposite of what she believes to avoid the triggerGeri makes excuses for others so as to soft peddle the lies
5. Geri’s negative treatment – misogyny
Geri interprets the misogyny to be for her own good
Geri accepts the misogyny of the military as necessary to keep
women in place
Geri thinks men’s comments are great because they
understand a woman’s weakness
6. Geri’s want – power
Geri lies and loses her own power
Geri doesn’t get love or family which is what she really needs and feels powerless to get what she wantsGeri sacrifices her own power for military rank
The military sets up an undercover campaign to defrock Geri from the power she has because she
7. Title – Corp Truth vs. Core Truth
The Corp truth is that women in the army can not have children. Geri’s core truth is that she wants children
The Corp truth is that lesbians can not serve in the military. Geri and Bette’s core truth is that they are.
The Corp truth is that there can be only one colonel in the Corp. The core truth is that two are deserving.
The Corp truth is that woman can’t serve in the army, the Core truth is that they are doing that and more as paid civilians.
The Corp truth is that the nurses are flying men out of Nam to save their lives in Japenese hospitals. The core truth is that they know they are dying and don’t want them to be in the body count (the didn’t die in nam) They don’t get on the wall.
8. Geri and Joe – Joins military to gain power and respect –
Instead gains his misogynistic treatment.
Gains loss of power
Gains covert schemes to take them down
9. Geri and Joe – same goal to follow the rules – but totally different sets of rules.
Joe – encouraged to get married and have children
Geri must sign a document agreeing not to have children
Joe – in the army the day he joins
Geri must work as a paid civilian until
Joe – can get to the top without competition
Geri must fight another woman as only one can get to the top
Joe – Is looked up to by peers for being in the army
Geri – is treated like shit by her male peers.
10. Situations – military tribunal – Forced decisions – to lie or tell the truth
1. Obedience leads to honor and getting ahead 2. Truth leads to discharge
11. Situations – dancing with men
Must go to dances with men who rape her but can’t have children.
Must deny her own truth
12. Crushed goals – Geri makes love with a man who loves her and offers her an engagement ring
Geri must sign an agreement to not get pregnant 2. The man doesn’t want a child
The man is setting up Geri
Geri hates men but doesn’t understand why?
Geri is a lesbian
The man gets engaged with Geri to set her up for a crime
The man is in love with Marge
The man rapes Geri
The man is married to another woman
Geri is crushed when she finds out she can not have children13. Dangerous situation – The army is flying people out of Nam to save their lives. Bette is a heroic nurse
The army is flying the dying out to cover-up the body count
The army threatens Bette to not interfere
Bette is pulled from Nam for disobedience
14. Mark – Mark meets Geri and Bette on the mountain and is such a friendly and helpful man for a stranger
He’s filled with hate and knows the women
He hates women
He rapes Donna
He shoots a bullet through their cabin
He stalks Donna
He dates Donna in order to rape her
15. Tribunal – Geri is being questioned for a crime that involves Marge wanting a family
Goes opposite – it’s a crime about Geri.
Underneath it – is it about Marge’s pregnancy
Is it about abortion
Is it about being with a woman.
The crime is about Geri getting pregnant?
16. Mother’s death flashback –an accident to save her child daughter –
A murder suicide – the daughter survives
A murder by her husband to take her daughter away
Her daughter accidently kills her
Dies during abortion
Suicides intentionally to leave her family
She tries to murder her daughter to save herself
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4. Answer the question, “What I learned doing this assignment is…?” and put it at the top of your work.
My writing naturally includes an ironic sense of humor. Even some chapter titles in my books have irony like “Winning is Losing” and “Losing is Winning.” So it’s easy to find examples of it.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Example Show
Watch the next episode of your Example Show and notice where irony shows up in this show — both in this episode and throughout the episodes you’ve already seen.
Tell us the irony you have already discovered in the Example Show.
Polar bears on a tropical island.
Sun-Hwa wanted to marry Jin-Soo because he was good, but after working with her father to get his support, he turns bad.
Kate was a convict and acts like a sheriff on the island.
Sawyers life was ruined by a swindler, but he ended up a swindler myself.
Sayid who tortured ends up tortured himself by the French woman.
Claire boarded a plane to give up her baby, yet the crash stranded her on an island where she has to raise it.
Charlie tries to get his brother off drugs, only to get hooked on them.
Locke wasn’t allowed on the walkabout tour, but got to have the same experience on the island.
In this episode:
The secret notes by the French woman were just song lyrics repeated. What seemed important was unimportant.
Kate pretends to be the hostage in a bank robbery, but she was the mastermind.
Deadline: 24 hours
ASSIGNMENT 2: Your Show
Look back through your previous assignments and find at least 20 different situations or character components that you could go opposite to create irony.
With each, brainstorm ideas for ways it could go opposite.
Select the ones that work well for the show and share the character and situational irony ideas with us.
MJ changes her name for a man, but doesn’t get a ring out of it.
MJ acts fearless, but has intense phobias around germs and penetration of her body, including sex.
None wants to run for president, but can’t even stand up to his mother.
None is an honest man who enter the dishonest field of politics.
Sex is important to None, but he loves an asexual woman. He has an easy time dating women, except the one he truly wants.
MJ doesn’t want a romantic relationship with None, but reacts with jealousy and sabotages his relationships.
MJ hates sex, but loves to dress sexy.
None’s office is a fancy executive suite, but it’s decorated like a kid’s room.
Astrid acts like an airhead, but she’s really smart. She takes advantage of people who underestimate her.
When None wakes up in MJ’s bed, he thinks that had sex when he was drunk, only to realize he’s still fully clothed.
James assumes Maria broke the table because of her anger issues, but he did last night when he was drunk.
None is a protest candidate who rails against politician, but needs their help when he becomes president.
None is happy MJ is going to move to Texas, but it turns out that he’s the one moving to Texas to stay with her family.
None offers to mow a lawn with a riding lawnmower, but also mows their flowerbed.
None and MJ get their opponents to give them campaign signs which they deface and turn into their own signs.
Adaptive Unlimited was made to help workers gain skills and find better jobs, but instead it lowers wages and turns the nation’s workforce into a temp nation with no job security.
None creates Adaptonium to help others learn, but then it helps him learn after the brain injury.
While Blacks are associated with lynching, in the Massacre of 1871 it was Chinese men who were lynched on N*gger Alley.
None of the Above goes to add himself on the ballot in California, but “none of the above” is already on the ballot.
None is a genius that acts like a fool to entertain people so they’ll listen to his ideas.
China and America fear each other, but the greatest threat isn’t even human.
None thought robots would eventually crash the economy, but all it took was an app. His app.
None tries to sell him company, but only has the option when he wants to keep the company. A billion should feel like victory, but that’s only a few days profit.
Throughout season 1.0 what is called good news is usually bad news.
Ivashov looks like Renquist’s henchman, but he’s actually a more powerful villain running a Russian Cabal of oligarchs.
Officer Samuels complains that James was letting Maria take the fall for hurting him, but it was actually the opposite of that he was doing.
None went viral, but no one is talking about him, only none of the above.
None thought Corella let him use her dressing room for privacy, but it was actually to secretly record his conversation.
Congress gives None the laws he wanted, but with loopholes that give Renquist’s crony Faraday a free pass.
None thinks Senator Garfield challenged him to a debate in L.A. because it’s None’s home turf, but really it’s a trap because of workers being laid off in L.A.
None assumes it will be illegal to make a commercial for a group of bars, but it no longer is.
None was so good at his goal of not giving Corella useful footage, that the wedding episode is reframed to be about his enemy Renquist.
MJ feels dumped for real, even though Fernando was a pretend boyfriend.
MaxPlume is hiding with Astrid, but still dresses extravagantly.
When confronting Astrid, None said he wished her hair was scalped from her head and that actually happens.
Renquist made secret meetings in offices he didn’t own so he wouldn’t be recorded, but ended up being recorded anyway.
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