The satire of marriage
When they first get married, couples have a first impression that the union is a bed of roses. Ironically, marriage is a complex institution in which things fall apart once intimacy is lost. The couple in the book 'Under the Jaguar Sun' is experiences marital challenges. There is no intimacy, and the only way to recapture it is by going to Mexico for a trip.
The irony of human sacrifice
Human sacrifice in the ancient Mexican culture is a norm. Ironically, contemporary society finds it crazy that human beings were sacrificed to the gods. Like the couple in the discussion, visitors to the temple find it ironic that people can be offered to gods as sacrifices instead of animals.
The idea of eating human flesh
Olivia asks, ''How is it possible for the priests to make the human body palatable and eatable when partaking in the human sacrifice?" As much as it is interesting to learn that the Ancient Mexican culture priests ate human flesh, it is hard to believe it happened. Consequently, the irony of human flesh is entirely ironic.
The irony of excitement
The narrator says that the thought of cannibalism and the taste of the meal made it more sensual! Remember, the referred cannibalism here is the eating of human flesh by the priests. The narrator thinks that Olivia is eating his flesh that makes him feel sexy. Readers finds it ironic that the narrator is excited with the idea of cannibalism because he links it to sexual arousal.
