The poor poet’s advice
After discovering the library where he finds solace, Benny meets a poor poet who gives him vital lessons about life. For instance, the poet tells Benny that he should find his voice and get a breakthrough. The reader finds the poet's advice satirical because he has not used his voice to be rich in life. Despite that satire, Benny finally finds his voice in life and uses it to narrate his story to the world.
The irony of the speaking objects
The paradox of the objects in Benny's house can communicate with him. Benny hears the voices of the ordinary objects in the house when he is lonely. Satirically, some objects get angry when he fails to answer their questions correctly. Consequently, the objects in Benny's house are sarcastic because, at times, they get aggressive.
The paradox of suffering
The suffering in Benny's house is ironic because his mother suffers from the same fate. The mother is depressed, and the son is stressed. Therefore, there is no one in the house to comfort one another because they are having serious mental challenges.
The irony of death
The satire of death is that it is a mystery. The reader wonders why death had to take Benny's father at an early age leaving him to suffer for most of his life. Benny is a boy whose life is destroyed because of stress and depression. The stress in Benny's life increases to the extent that he hears the voices of the objects in the house.
