"We ate the children last" utilizes situational irony to portray the lack of caution people hold for popularized trends. After the success of the first porcine colon transplant, the procedure rapidly gained popularity among society, particularly "the young and the bohemian, the chic and the radical, among all those who wanted a change in their lives" (Martel 32). These people, eager for innovation, were quick to ignore the suspicious warning signs of the surgery due to how idyllic its effects seemed, as seen in the quote: “The opprobrium attached to eating garbage vanished completely”…