he is also condemning himself. As critic Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg note in their study of narrative literature,The Nature of Narrative (1966),there are "in any example of narrative art...broadly speaking,three points of view---those of the characters,the narrator,and the audience."When any of the three "perceives more---or less---than another,irony must be either actually or potentially present."In any work of fiction,it is crucially important that we are able to determine if and how that potential has been explored;to overlook or misinterpret the presence of irony can only lead to a misinterpretation of the author's attitudes and tone and the way he would have us approach and understand the work.he is also condemning himself. As critic Robert Scholes and Robert Kellogg note in their study of narrative literature, The Nature of Narrative (1966), there are “in any example of narrative art…broadly speaking, three points of view---those of the characters, the narrator, and the audience.” When any of the three “perceives more---or less---than another, irony must be either actually or potentially present.” In any work of fiction, it is crucially important that we are able to determine if and how that potential has been explored; to overlook or misinterpret the presence of irony can only lead to a misinterpretation of the author’s attitudes and tone and the way he would have us approach and understand the work