IRONy

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 for him to get away with things since he has money and that’s all that matters right? If you have money you can get away with WHATEVER you want. Just in the first small paragraph, the irony of what Mr. Brocklehurt is wearing to what he is saying is so prevalent, and it is not even the most in the passage.
As he continues to tell Miss Temple what is okay for girls to wear he comments on their hair. He notices a girl has CURLY hair. That is just not acceptable according to him. He comments about how even if the curls are natural, they are not meant to be there. He would rather have girls that have “grace” rather than natural hair. Which is ironic because if you had any “grace” you would respect how someone’s hair naturally was and not cut it off. But since Mr. Brocklehurt has money he doesn’t have to play by the rules and either does his family. When they walk in it’s such a huge kick of irony because EVERYTHING that Mr. Brocklehurst said was not okay EVER for the girls is okay for his family.

They walk in and have very fancy clothing on, head to toe velvet and are dressed for the weather outside, which is snow. Mr. Brocklehurst had just finished commenting on how what they were wearing would not be okay for the girls but I guess it is okay for his family? That’s where the irony comes into play. To make the irony even worse one of them is wearing FAKE curls. FAKE. It was not okay for someone to have real curls but if it's your family your money makes it okay? Okay lol. Mr. Brocklehurt is shown as a huge hypocrite at this time and it even plays into the time period.

During this time if you had money you got away with a lot more then if you did not. Money meant you had more power and the more power you had they less rules you had to follow. Which is crazy but okay.

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  1. AdiaCNovember 11, 2018 at 8:58 PM

    Hannah,

    Lol I really enjoyed reading this! It showed your personality and wasn't just analysis, so I was interested. One thing I hope to see more of is more evidence from the text? I think it would also be cool if you elaborated more on the time period and context of the time and how that affected the passage.

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  2. Lauren GeneskyNovember 18, 2018 at 6:55 AM

    Hey Hannah-
    Some good points here (though I agree with Aide about the lack of textual evidence). Additionally, check your post format after posting..this one is wonky! Here's further feedback from the blog post rubric:
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