Situational irony is used by Stephen Crane to add an element of humor and surprise to a seriously written drama. The effort of Fred Collins in “A Mystery of Heroism” is splashed out with a surprise element of situational irony. Collins had run through the heat of battle to get a bucket of water; out of necessity, or fear, or what he had to prove, we don’t know. Then, just before it could be drank, another officer said, “Don’t Billy, you’ll make me spill it,” it then was knocked out of his hands. This shows how Collins risked his life for nothing. Another example of situational irony is when Collins stopped to give a dying man his last drink. The man had asked Collins for the drink, but Collins had ran past him then doubled back to return to the dying man with compassion. In “War is Kind” Crane

The other aspect of the contrast and comparison in Stephen Crane’s masterful works is heroism. One instance in both of Stephen Crane’ works is that he uses heroism the same, to establish an identity for each of the characters. The only way in which to establish an individual in war literature is to use bravery, courage, and mos0t importantly, heroic actions. It makes the character stand out from the uniformity of a military existence. “A Mystery of Heroism” beholds a questionable act of heroism in itself. The reason for the risk is unexplainable. There is no real reason for Collins to go after the water. The accomplishment turns out to be worth nothing. Two officers squabble over who should get the first drink and it gets spattered across the filthy clay beneath their feet. The act should be considered heroic, but I think it is plain stupidity. The man risks his life for nothing. In “”War is Kind,” all of the men or one man (it depends on how you look at it) die during battle, but there are no actions on which to base a substantial label of “heroic.” I’m sure that this man’s actions could have been heroic before his death, but the author does not divulge that information.

These elements of our language, refined into poems or stories, do have many points of similarity distinction. The essentials

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