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Which detail contributes to the irony in “The Colomber” by Dino Buzzati?


“It’s the fish that sailors fear above all others . . . .”

“When Stefano Roi was twelve years old . . . .”

“‘Despite my forty years, . . . I believe I still have good eyesight.”

". . . as soon as he was a man, he found a dignified and well-paying position at an emporium . . . ."

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Well let me tell you that the irony in The Colomber is in this detail:
“It’s the fish that sailors fear above all others . . . .”, the first option. We know this because at the end of the story, it was revealed that the fish was only after Stefano because it was tasked to give him a pearl for good luck. Hope this can help you

A- “It’s the fish that sailors fear above all others . . . .”

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