Two stories that you have read in sections A and B of this unit use irony to deliver a message about isolation and alienation.

Two stories that you have read in sections A and B of this unit use irony to deliver a message about isolation and alienation. Compare and contrast how hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and wharton's "Journey" use similar characters, a plot twist, and a symbolic journey to convey the central idea that each man (or woman) struggles alone through life.