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It’s nothing so sweet,” Mr. Shiftlet continued, “as a boy’s mother. She taught him his first prayers at her knee, she give him love when no other would, she told him what was right and what wasn’t, and she seen that he done the right thing. Son,” he said, “I never rued a day in my life like the one I rued when I left that old mother of mine.”

What is ironic about Mr. Shiftlet’s comments?

Answer 1

Mr. Shiftlet makes ironic comments as he talks about morale after he left his wife at a roadside restaurant. One day he was more depressed than ever while driving alone, there were times when he preferred not to be alone and in the heavens a storm was slowly prepared.

Answer 2

Mr. Shiftlet’s comment is ironic because on one hand, he was speaking positively about mothers but in the same breathe, he spoke negatively about his mother.

What is Irony?

Irony is a part of speech where the speaker means the opposite of what he says. In the passage above, we can see evidence of irony in Mr. Shiftlet's speech.

Even though he began by talking about the useful role of mothers, he ended his speech by referring to his mother in a somewhat disrespectful way.

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