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Question 3 • English III

Which incident taken from O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is the best example of irony?

Answer
A
Mrs. Crater thinks she is gaining a son-in-law, when in fact Mr. Shiftlet takes her car, her money, and abandons her daughter at a diner.
B
Mr. Shiftlet appears at the plantation house and explains that even the best doctors cannot know what is in his heart.
C
Lucynell Crater falls asleep in the diner before she has a chance to eat her food, and she is left there by her husband.
D
Mrs. Crater gives her car to Mr. Shiftlet in hopes that he will marry her one and only daughter.
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