On their eyes were watching God : Find two examples of verbal irony and complete the Verbal Irony Chart based on the description of the funeral for the yellow mule in Chapter 6. For each instance, indicate what is really meant by the speaker.

“Starks led off with a great eulogy on our departed citizen, our most distinguished citizen and the grief he left behind him, and the people loved the speech” (Hurston 60).

“When he [Starks] stepped down, they hoisted Sam up and he talked about the mule as a school teacher first. Then he set his hat like John Pearson and imitated his preaching. He spoke of the joys of mule-heaven to which the dear brother had departed this valley of sorrow; the mule-angels flying around; the miles of green corn and cool water…” (Hurston 57).

Quote: “Starks led off with a great eulogy on our departed citizen, our most distinguished citizen and the grief he left behind him, and the people loved the speech” (Hurston 60).

A: Starks makes the mule out to be the star citizen even though he knows the mule was nobody. The mule was lazy and undisguised and he illustrated that by saying the opposite.

Quote: “When he [Starks] stepped down, they hoisted Sam up and he talked about the mule as a school teacher first. Then he set his hat like John Pearson and imitated his preaching. He spoke of the joys of mule-heaven to which the dear brother had departed this valley of sorrow; the mule-angels flying around; the miles of green corn and cool water…” (Hurston 57).

A: Sam talked about all of these great things for this lazy mule. By drawing out the funeral and producing a beautiful speech he demonstrates verbal irony by actually meaning that the mule didn't matter.

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