"It’s nothing so sweet," Mr. Shiftlet continued, "as a boy’s mother. She taught him his first prayers at her knee, she give him
love when no other would, she told him what was right and what wasn’t, and she seen that he done the right thing. Son," he said, "I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine." What is ironic about Mr. Shiftlet’s comments?
She says that she ,"never," rued a day in her life like the one that the Boy rued when she left her mother.
Explanation:
With the language that the author or narrator provided we could see a sense of ironicness in Mr. Shiflet's voice or comments because he used words like never, rued, old mother of mine, and day in my life.
