In this excerpt of Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, irony is achieved through the use of characterization in the scene involving the narrator sharing his opinion of the boastful Curt Lemon, who despite his tales of bravery, courage, and strength, ends up cowering down to a military dentist.

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