Question #4

a) The ironic part of the story is that Farquhar longed for the “larger life of a soldier” he wishes to have the glorious life of a soldier, all the success and good things that may come with being a soldier, but, he inevitably ends up getting the “smaller” part of being a soldier, the death of a soldier.
b) He agrees with the saying that “all is fair in love and war.” This is ironic because he is dreaming about getting away and escaping from his sentence, but if he truly believed in the saying, then he would accept his punishment fairly.