The Late George Apley | Techniques
Marquand uses irony to convey his satire and point of view. In The Late George Apley the letters of the protagonist, undercut by the comments of the even more conservative editor, combine with the audience's knowledge of such events as the First World War and the stock market crash for dramatic irony. Apley himself is a naive narrator who is unaware of presenting himself as bumbling, insular, and, in the view of many of his fellow Bostonians (especially the Irish politicians with whom he must share control of his city), probably mad and certainly inconsequential. Both Apley,...
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