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Read the excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."
He was more depressed than ever as he drove on by himself. The late afternoon had grown hot and sultry and the country had flattened out.
Which best describes the irony in the excerpt? The heat of the day is indicative of Mr. Shiftlet's negative feelings of his life and situation. Mr. Shiftlet would have preferred to travel with his new wife, Lucynell, but she has left him at the diner. The young boy rejected Mr. Shiftlet's offer to give him a ride, and now the man finds himself alone. Mr. Shiftlet has the car he wanted and managed to rid himself of his wife, but he still is not happy.
Answer:
Mr. Shiftlet has the car he wanted and managed to rid himself of his wife, but he still is not happy.
Step-by-step explanation:
The passage shown in the question above is a strong example of situational irony, which is the kind of irony where something is expected to happen, but what happens is quite the opposite.
The passage shows how unhappy Mr. Shiftlet felt driving the car of his dreams, alone. He always believed that if he got rid of his wife and had the car he always wanted to travel with his own company, he would be happy, but that is not what happened.