Irony: The irony of the story “The Sea devil” is that he was fishing for the fishes, however ended up getting caught by the manta ray.

“The man gave a hoarse cry. He tried to claw the slipknot off his wrist, but there was no time. The quarter inch line snapped taut. He shot over the side of the skiff as if he had roped a runaway locomotive. He hit the water head first and seemed to bounce once.” pg36