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Identify an example of irony.

Irony in the novel?

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One of the biggest ironies in the book is the name of the shantytown in which Darling and her friends and family live. It is unclear where the name Paradise came from, but the collection of hastily constructed shacks is undoubtedly far from any paradise the people living there had ever imagined. However, once Darling leaves for America later in the book, she will come to realize that her home there was indeed a paradise in some senses due to the freedom and friendship that filled her childhood.

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