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pshichka [43]
2 years ago
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Which best describes the irony of the excerpt?

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2 answers:
givi [52]2 years ago
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I am not sure about this but I think that the answer might be A. 
Ann [662]2 years ago
3 0

The correct answer is A) Mr. Shiflet has just deceived an old woman for personal gain and yet he does not think he’s part of the “rottenness of the world”.

<em>The option that best describes the irony of the excerpt is “Mr. Shiflet has just deceived an old woman for personal gain and yet he does not think he’s part of the “rotteness of the world”. </em>

Lucynell is deaf and mute, and her mother give Mr. Shiflet money to marry Lucynell. Mr. Shiftlet accepts the money and marries her. They go to their honeymoon and abandon Lucy and then it comes to his mind that “he felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him. He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast. He prayed: ‘Oh Lord! Break forth and wash the smile from this Earth.”

We are referring to the short story “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” written by Flannery O’Connor that can be found in the book “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1955).

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