Situational Irony

-Takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen, or what would be appropriate to happen, and waht really does happen.
In the chapter Speaking of Courage, Norman Bowker discusses how his friend died in the Vietnam war. HE says they were camping in a filed and they had not realized that this field was the towns local sewer. They were attacked and his friend died and Norman could not save him. There are two Ironies that take place in this chapter the first is stated by Norman when he says his friend that died would have found it funny that he died in a "shit field" when they felt that Vietnam was a "shit field" to begin with, now it was just literal. The second Irony is that although Norman Bowker has seven medals he still does not feel good enough or brave enough. Although people may look at him and think that since he has seven medals so he must be brave; Norman believes he let his friend die and is thus a failure.