Answer:
The irony is in saying that seeing a dog wearing pants (parody of breeches) was an uplifting or edifying sight which is really not true and which is comical when visualized.
Explanation:
An irony is expressing ones thoughts in words that mean the opposite to achieve humor. The narrator in this instance was looking down on the fireman by comparing him to a dog wearing pants and a feather hat.
He thus compared him to an animal and in the same instance, said that it was an edifying sight. He also called him a fine chap in the same breath. This is quite contradictory and that is how he achieved the use of irony in those lines.
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<u>Answer:</u>
In the excerpt from the “Four Freedoms” speech, Roosevelt see the present threat to American security and safety as unprecedented because (B) No nation has ever attempted to destroy the world's democracies.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech highlighted four freedoms in his speech: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
The speech he delivered emphasized on the policy of intervention in World war II. It had become significant for them to break their initial policy of not participating in the war. It was time to take strong action because there was a threat to America's security. None of the countries had earlier attacked world democracy but it was possible then that this would happen.
