Question

At the end of the story "The Gun" by Philip K., the space travelers leave the planet planning to return in the future. As their ship flies off, the automated destructive weapon they disabled begins to repair itself, unbeknownst to these space travelers. This event is most clearly an occurrence of what figurative device?

Answer 1

People create systems designed to solve problems, but each solution creates additional problems.

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Answer 2

This event is most clearly an occurrence of dramatic irony.
Dramatic irony is when the readers know something that the characters of the novel do not. So here, we know that the weapon began to repair itself, and the characters do not.