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When referring to John Irving's book The World According to Garp, it has been said “His style is simplistic, almost childlike..."(55), and “ Irving's prose is the prose of a poorly educated man-his vocabulary is uninspiring, his grammatical pr ....

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... manipulates the irony. I call his technique ironic circling. Ironic circles are when the author creates irony that starts at the beginning of the book and doesn't stop until the end. The irony just keeps repeating itself over and over again until the reader is so engrossed they can't put the book down. This technique is what John Irving uses to create such a wonderful story, that keeps the reader both interested and entertained. One of the most interesting ironic circles in this book deals with the death of the main character, Garp. Garp is shot and killed by a woman wearing a Jenny Fields original, Garp's mothers brand of clothing. ...