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Which sentence in this excerpt from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway is an example of irony?
My knee did not bend and the leg dropped straight from the knee to the ankle without a calf, and the machine was to bend the knee and make
it move as riding a tricycle. But it did not bend yet, and instead the machine lurched when it came to the bending part. The doctor said:" That
will all pass. You are a fortunate young man. You will play football again like a champion."
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Answer 1

The correct answer is "You are a fortunate young man"

Step-by-step explanation:

In this excerpt from "In Another Country", the narrator refers to a serious injury in his leg that seems to be the result of the war. About this, he explains his knee does not bend anymore even when he uses a therapy machine.

In this context, the doctor's words can be considered ironic (opposite from the reality or the expectations of the reader) because he tells the main character "You are a fortunate young man". This seems quite contradictory because the man has a serious injury in his leg, and he cannot use the leg anymore, which is the opposite of good fortune.