The irony of Ben’s transformation
Anne narrates her horrifying experience with her lover called Ben. Satirically, Ben is experiencing a reverse evolution in his life. Anne is serious about her claims because she reminds readers that her sentiments are not allegorical. The reader finds it ironic that Anne still has Ben as a lover, evolving into an Ape and later a sea creature.
The satire of primitivism
When Anne first met Ben, he told her that there is an undeviating relationship between augmentation of the mind and the diminution of the aptitude to feel compassion and empathy to other people. Ironically, Ben meant that soon he would start evolving backward. Anne only believed when she saw Ben practically evolving into an Ape and a sea turtle.
The irony of love
The love in this text is ridiculous because it involves a normal woman with an abnormal man who is evolving backward. Ben is evolving in reverse, starting from an Ape to the sea salamander. Ironically, Anne still loves him, and she takes the salamander to the sea to be washed away. However, Anne is determined to remember Ben because she loved him so much.
The irony of the book 'Remember.'
The story is told from Anne's perspective on how she remembers Ben, her lover, who is no longer a human being. The ability of a man to evolve in reverse is sardonic to readers because it has never happened in history. According to science, man has continued to evolve to be what he is today. However, the reverse evolution story is entirely satirical.
The irony of human suffering
The biggest question in this text is, 'How does a human being handle suffering?' Before Ben started evolving backward, he was determined to understand why human beings suffer. According to Ben, the main reason why people suffer is that they forget that they forget pursuing truth and decide to do disgraceful things. However, instead of pursuing truth which is productive to human nature, Ben decides to evolve in reverse because he thinks he will end up happy.
