Which sentence describes an example of situational irony in gulliver's travels?
a) gulliver cannot eat the rotting meat that the yahoos eat, so he worries that he will not be able to sustain himself among the houyhnhnms.
b) gulliver expects the humans in the land of the houyhnhnms to be very wise, but they are the most brutal and disgusting beasts imaginable.
c) gulliver wears clothing to make himself look different from the disgusting yahoos, because the houyhnhnms have no knowledge of clothing.
d) gulliver imitates the sounds the houyhnhnms make and only later learns the meanings of the words he is producing.

B) gulliver expects the humans in the land of the houyhnhnms to be very wise, but they are the most brutal and disgusting beasts imaginable.

Explanation:

situational irony is when you expect one thing to happen, when the exact opposite or something else happens instead.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”