Pleasant to deal with
After an unfortunate meeting with the Rude boys and the following beating, Finn bumps into Charlie Valentine. The man sees Finn’s bruised face and says, “it’s dairy farming, you know”. According to Charlie Valentine, “that awful smell alone would make anyone itch for a fight”, which means that the Rude boys behave like idiots not because they are a bunch of brainless teenagers, but because the smell of their parents’ dairy farm bothers them. The irony is that neither cows nor their smell can make a normal person behave unreasonably. Not to mention, that Charlie Valentine is not one to make such an assumption, for “Charlie’s living room stinks with all the chickens wandering around inside”.
Philosopher
Roza’s babcia has never approved of her granddaughter’s boyfriend. Her least favorite is Otto Drazek, who. according to Roza, is “handsome”, “strong” and what not. Babcia doesn’t share Roza’s excitement and says that he is “golobki”, which means that he is a fool. She also says that her pierogy (pies) “has more to say than Otto Drazek”, what is more, “in comparison to Otto Drazek this peirogy is philosopher”. The irony of Roza’s grandmother words is that she is right. A lot of young girl pay more attention to boys’ attractiveness and good physical abilities than to their inner worlds. Otto carries Roza over puddles not to prevent her from stepping into water, but “to prove his meathead friends how strong he is”.
Survive
Karolina, the girl Roza met on her way to the United States, wasn’t planning to come to the U.S. She wanted to stay at home and live happily with her boyfriend, but her parents insisted on her going to the United States. Their first day in a new country was a disaster. Karolina was crying nonstop and to distract the poor girl from her misery Roza suggested eating. To her surprise, Karolina asked her, “what kind of food?”. According to her, nobody knew what those strange American might eat there, it could be “bags”, “bats”, “snails” and “carbs”. Trying to calm her down, Roza said that they had McDonald’s, “just like in Krakow”. The irony of this situation is hidden in its absurdity.
