Please answer the 5 questions below:

Márquez:

1. (A) Discuss an example of situational irony in "I Only

Came to Use the Phone." (B) Do you think Marquez's use

of irony is effective? Explain.

2. Saturno says he is following the doctor's orders when

he refuses to take Maria home. What other reasons might

he have for wanting her to stay in the sanatorium

(psychiatric hospital)?

Parker:

3. Why does the woman (the "clear-eyed girl") try so hard

to make his drunken behavior seem "perfectly fine"?

4. Why is the title of Parker's story ironic?

5. Discuss a theme of this story.