The Night the Ghost Got In

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1933

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What forms of irony does Thurber employ to heighten comedic effect? How else does irony function in the story?

In what ways does the narrative subvert the reader’s genre expectations, and how does he uphold them?

My Life and Hard Times was published in 1933, but “The Night the Ghost Got In” takes place in 1915. How might WWI and WW2 have influenced themes within the narrative?