The Irony of Maria de Covina
The narrator has not come across a hard girl like Maria because she does not easily fall for his trap. Later, the narrator learns that Maria is trying to hide her identity, and he depicts herself as a Mexican while she is not. Ironically, the narrator is wondering why Maria is hiding her identity, and yet he pretends to be twenty years when he is not. The narrator asks Maria, “I don’t understand yet what you are up to. Why is it you want everyone to think that you are a Mexican when you’re not?”
The irony of the Young Man.
The young man is just turning nineteen years old, but he drives women of all ages crazy. The Young Man's tactics are being fashionable, putting on a smile, and sweet-talking women. The reader finds it ironic that even older women fall prey to this teenager who argues that he is the most adorable man.
The irony of old women
Satirically, the narrator is sexually nailing older women than him, and often Cindy makes fun of him that those women are his mothers. Cindy asks the narrator, "Is your mommy coming for you tonight?” The older woman who is supposed to come for the narrator is old enough to be his mother.
The irony of Diana
Diana is the narrator's girlfriend, and she is a student. Unlike in the past when they used to go on vacations regularly, they only utilize weekends nowadays because the narrator claims that he is busy. Ironically, the narrator is using that opportunity to meet as many women as he can. The narrator reveals that he never tells Diana that of the many girls he is dating. The narrator says, “I never tell my girlfriend Diana anything about these other girls.”
The irony of sexual intercourse with Diana
Diana has a first boyfriend who has not yet drunk from her pot jar, but the narrator hits the jackpot as soon as he knows her. The reader finds it sardonic that the narrator can have sex with any woman whenever she wants. Diana has been having her first boyfriend, but she has never allowed him to have sex with her. The narrator says, “She is sheltered in a certain way, in that Catholic way, but I am not Diana’s first boyfriend, though I am the first one she’s made love to.”
