The different types of ironies found in the book, "Brother Man"

Irony- A figure of speech. A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant or an incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

There are different types of ironies. These include dramatic irony, tragic irony, situational irony, socratic irony and verbal irony. However I will be focusing mainly on explaning and identifying the first three listed ironies.

Definition of verbal Irony- A contradiction of expectation between what is said and what is meant.

Definition of dramatic irony- A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know.
This is evident in the book when Minette is so innocently unaware that Papacita is involved in illegal activities. When the police raid the bar/club where Minette, Papacita and Fellows enjoy a night out Papacita is extremely nervous that he will be caught by the police with the contraband. Despite the guilt expressed in Papacita's facial and bodily movements, Minette does not pick up on why Papacita is behaving in such a way. Lukily, the police leave without exposing and arresting Papacita so Minette ironically never finds out.
           Dramatic irony is also evident within the book where Brother Man is unaware of the deep hatred that Cordelia has for him. He is made blind to the fact that Cordelia thinks him to be wicked and evil meanwhile we the audience can see and feel her rage towards Brother Man throughout the book.

Definition of Situational irony- A contradiciton of expectation between what might be expected and what actually occurs.
         Situational irony can be found in the book, Brother Man with Cordelia's character. In the beginning and throughout the book we see Cordelia trying to save the life of her son,Tad. Ironically, Cordelia ends up killing her son,Tad.
        The murder of Papacita by Girlie is also an irony of situation as this is not what is expected. Although we see that Girlis was terribly angry at Papacita it is still ironic. This is because Papacita was always the abusive one and would be seen as the most powerful of the two.  

Definition of Tragic irony- the words an dactions of one character or more betray the real situation and tragic results ensue from those words and/or actions.