Question

This passage is Mr. Shiftlet’s reaction after the young hitchhiker insults his mother and jumps out of his car. Read it, and answer the question. Mr. Shiftlet was so shocked that for about a hundred feet he drove along slowly with the door stiff open. A cloud, the exact color of the boy’s hat and shaped like a turnip, had descended over the sun, and another, worse looking, crouched behind the car. Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him. He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast. "Oh Lord!" he prayed. "Break forth and wash the slime from this earth!" How does this example of irony help develop the character of Mr. Shiftlet? It shows that despite his immoral actions toward Lucynell, he doesn’t think he’s part of the "slime. " It illustrates that he made the right decision when he left Lucynell and picked up the boy instead. It reinforces the idea that he regrets his actions toward Lucynell and is seeking forgiveness.

Answer 1

The example of irony help develop the character of Mr. Shiftlet by "reinforcing the idea that he regrets his actions toward Lucynell and is seeking forgiveness".

What is irony?

Irony is a figure of speech which when taken in context, may mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally. It is the discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

Irony states two usually unrelated entities, parties, actions that are related through a common connection in an uncommon way. It is also a contradiction between circumstances and expectations.

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