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Describe the irony illustrated in Dana Summmers’ cartoon.


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Cartoon by Dana Summers

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Irony is when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs.  It is ironic that the man is greatly offended by a smiling little girl’s nativity display while not being at all bothered by the violence and indecency around him.