"Tony went to the Bodega but didn't buy anything" by Martin Espada

Title: "Tony went to the Bodega but didn't buy anything" by Martin Espada
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"Tony went to the Bodega but didn't buy anything" by Martin Espada
The Irony of the Bodega In Greek comedy, the eiron was the sly underdog who, by dissembling inferiority, outwitted his opponent. As Aristole puts it, irony is a sharp incongruity between our expectations of things and what actually occurs, as if the universe were mocking us. An amazinling talented song writer, Kurt Cobain lead singer of Nirvana committed suicide on March 5, 1994. Kurt Cobain was enriched with money, fame, and a loving family. The irony of …showed first 75 words of 1207 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1207 total…within ourselves. In the poem "Tony went to the Bodega but didn't buy anything" Martin Espada illustrates being successful comes from happiness and self-actualization. A lesson that each of us has been taught from when we were children through the Bible with the Prodigal's son and throughout literature. Martin Espada tells a significant story that being successful in life doesn't come from fame or fortune but from within and what makes you happy from within.

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