irony

How do they appeal to the reader?

does anyone know the difference between humor and irony?? thanks!!!!

i mean like in the story with mrs das and kapasi i need 3 examples of irony and the effect it has on the story i have to write a 4 page essay on it...so any help would be appreciated...

Thus shall the trade of your colonists suffer more from their friends in time of peace than it did from their enemies in war.

splash-landing? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_sc/sci_carbon_satellite BTW.... anyone see this as actually being a 'good idea' amidst a recession? ... sending satellite's into the atmosphere to measure carbon...? Also, FYI: Carbon Dioxide (essential to life) = .04% of the earth's...

A San Francisco court ruled that the writings and possessions of Theodore Kaczynski, the famed Unabomber and enemy of internets everywhere, will be sold online to pay restitution to his victims' families. Ah, the irony. Kaczynski had appealed from jail that sale of his writings constitutes a...