William Goldman knew how to write beautiful stories. On this book he put lots of suspense and drama, but what kept me interested in the story was the irony. Irony is the opposite of what is expected. The book was mostly composed of irony. The whole book from beginning to end. As an example of irony in a specific dialog will be impossible, I can give a small ex, as a whole book. Mark told Maira, I will love you forever, and Maira said Forever it will. The expectancy was eternal love and in return happiness. To our surprise the outcome was a sad ending in which love was not there. Mark will love her forever, but he will only love her within himself. The significance is love, no matter what a person do, love cant change from today to tomorrow, and it cant stay forever. Some how he will forget her touch and the love he had for her, but deep within himself, he will wonder what forever was.Not only irony was present in this book, some apostrophe was part of the book also, apostrophe is a figure of speech in which someone (usually absent), some abstract quality or nonexistent personas is directly addressed as through present. In Brothers, Mark was talking to the picture of Maira and told her, It may seem Im in pain, it may be I am, but how do you know if you dont feel like I do. (p. 147 Brothers) The significance was that no one would now what he is going though but him.This story was mostly a Catastrophe, or a tragedy that led to the event of a broken heart and lost love that will keep loving in the heart of Mark. To Mark love will no longer be the same, he will be always in a position of self defense to all the opportunities he will have of becoming what he always wanted to be, a happy man.At the end of the book, Mark was composed of a catharsis in which an unhealthy emotional state produced by an imbalance of feelings is cured and emotional health restored. He will walk next to her, but will not cry, will not look at her, bec...
