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Analyze the author’s use of irony in describing Mr. Brocklehurst’s family in the second passage. How does the author contrast this description with Mr. Brocklehurst’s lecture to Miss Temple to provide social commentary on perceptions of class during this time? When reading the excerpt of Chapter 7 irony was prevalent throughout the reading. As a whole Mr. Brocklehurt is a hypocrite and thinks he is above others and believes that since he has money that all the rules do not apply to him as they do for others. He will prevent others from wearing and/or looking a certain way but it is okay for him to do so because he has money. This is seen very specifically in the passage. When the passage opens up Mr. Brocklehurt immediately starts complaining about how having more than 1 “clean tuckers” for a WEEK is not okay. A WEEK! This means the girls will often be wearing dirty clothes which is crazy to think about how fancy the clothing that he is wearing is. He believes that it is okay fo...