The irony of Jesus
The Dictee book depicts Jesus as the satirical character who is the Son of God but decides to marry Sister Therese, which contradicts many readers' expectations. According to the Holy Scriptures, Jesus is the son of God, and throughout his life, he remained unmarried to serve God fully. Ironically, in the Dictee, Jesus marries. When he dies after his crucifixion, he ascends to heaven, and he will come on judgment day.
The irony of Yu Guan
Yu Guan is a young female child born to patriot parents. Ironically, despite being a female child, Yu Guan emerges as an uprising leader when she is seventeen years old. Unlike men who are not courageous enough to oppose the Japanese oppression, Yu Guan leads a revolution to prevent the Japanese from overthrowing the Korean government. Many people do not expect a young girl to make the most significant risk of leading a revolution. Unfortunately, towards the end of the story, Yu Guan is arrested and imprisoned and dies at seventeen.
The irony of the narrator
The narrator recalls how she could make up sins to guarantee forgiveness during confessions. The reader finds it satirical that someone has to come up with a sin she never committed to ensuring forgiveness. Someone is not forgiven for the mistakes she has not committed. Therefore, there is absolutely no reason why the narrator had to make up sins.
The irony of the narrator and her mother's separation
As fate could be, the narrator and her mother separated for eighteen good years. Ironically, the narrator writes that nothing changed between them during that period. Eighteen years is a long period which changes many things. For instance, the narrator's mother is aging. Despite the constant factor that they still speak foreign languages, other attributes of life must have changed.
The irony of the narrator's returns
The back-and-forth age divergences of the narrator is a satirical point of consideration by readers. The narrator says that she returns to her mother after eighteen years before she joins the revolution to protest the Koreans' mistreatment. When she participates in the uprising, the narrator says that she is eleven years old! The reader finds it ironic that the narrator lives two lives at the same time.
