The use of irony is enormously prevalent throughout the entire essay, and is nothing if not indispensable to the overall persuasiveness of his argument. ... For example, Staples writes in one account, "As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us. ... And, by using this particular incident in his essay, Staples essentially reiterates that he is often mistaken for a thief or a burglar, as in the previous example. ... Staples continues on to fashion a dynamic essay by writing the entire essay in an obviously ironic tone. ... This is...

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