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Irony In Steven D. Levitt's Freakonomics

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The novel Freakonomics written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner was an interesting read, but could make a reader confused at first because of the sudden changes in topics. The authors state there is no true topic to the novel, however if one digs a little deeper and starts to understand it they put the pieces together and realize the irony that is putting into it. It analyzes different scenarios and included the irony of how two completely different things can relate. For example, the authors compare a Major League shortstop to a Ku Klux Klan leader and also to a drug lord. “You must start at the bottom to have a shot at the top. (Just as a Major League shortstop probably played Little League and just as a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux

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