The London trip
Throughout the novel, the narrator struggles to move on after her mother's death. When the narrator decides to visit London randomly, her objective is to forget her grief and find a way to move on. Ironically, the more the narrator visits the differences in London, the more she thinks of her mother. For instance, when the narrator visits the London Eye, she regrets that her mother is not seated beside her. Therefore, it is ironic that a trip meant to help the narrator escape her grief ends up bringing fresh memories of her mother into her life.
The irony of recovering from illness
When the narrator's mother is taken to the hospital, she spends several days trying to recover. The narrator becomes hopeful when doctors say her mother has recovered from all her illness. Ironically, the day the mother is supposed to be discharged from the hospital is when she dies. The reader finds it paradoxical that a patient dies shortly after doctors confirm that she has recovered fully from all her illnesses.
Verbal irony
Initially, the narrator's mother knows she is sick but hides the truth from her daughter. On more than one occasion, the narrator realizes that her mother falls whenever they walk together. However, the mother assures the narrator that she is fine and claims that falling is her talent. The mother knows that what she tells her daughter is contrary to what is happening to her body. The narrator faces the harsh reality when her mother is hospitalized with several illnesses.
