The first reason was when Lewis was attempting to be the nice person by bringing back the bike that got destroyed when Shariff, Lewis and Tony were riding it down a hill and almost hit a truck and veered off into the woods. In the movie Lewis is always the person who acts more for others than himself. This affected me because I always try to be a more mature person and act for others before myself and in the end seem to always get the shorter end of the stick.
The next reason the irony affected Lewis so severely is that the whole reason he stayed behind was to save the orangutang being captured. He was such a good hearted person, and deserved what happened to him the least out of all three of them. He even almost made an emotional impact on Shariff right before he went back home to New York. When Lewis is trying to convince him that he is a better guy than he thinks himself to be Shariff simply denies it saying that he doesn't have it in him to be like Lewis. The irony in this is that Shariff is the only one that stays to try to save Lewis' life on the end of the movie.
The entire movie is full of both humorous and intense irony. It makes the movie extremely entertaining and intensely touching.
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I agree with you but I don't think Lewis was the only one who deserved this situation the least; as much as I despise Tony for leaving he too had little to do with what happened. It was mostly Sheriff's temper that got them all to this point.
I think the point of the film is to show that all are must share in the blame to some degree, including Beth for not being entirely honest. Sharif has the lion's share of blame, to be sure--but Tony is the first one to walk away.
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