Question

‘An Astrologer’s Day’ has ironic elements where the astrologer pretends to have ‘supernatural knowledge’ that coincidently turns out to be the truth. Find out an example of irony from the extract and write it down:

Find out the examples of irony from the extract and write them down.

Answer 1

His eyes sparkled with a sharp abnormal gleam which was really an outcome of a continual searching look for customers, but which his simple clients took to be a prophetic light and felt comforted.

1. He knew no more of what was going to happen to others than he knew what was going to happen to himself the next minute.

2. He was as much a stranger to the stars as were his innocent customers.

3. He said things which pleased and astonished everyone : that was more a matter of study, practice, and shrewd guesswork.