Which incident taken from o’connor’s “the life you save may be your own” is the best example of irony? lucynell crater falls asleep in the diner before she has a chance to eat her food, and she is left there by her husband. mrs. crater gives her car to mr. shiftlet in hopes that he will marry her one and only daughter. 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. mr. shiftlet appears at the plantation house and explains that even the best doctors cannot know what is in his heart.

The correct answer is C. 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.

Explanation:

In literature irony can take place as the literal meaning of the words used by a character or narrator is not consistent with the real message the narrator or character wants to transmit or when there is an incongruence between the expectations in some situation and the real outcomes of it. In the case of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"  irony takes place as a mother (Mrs. Crater) gives money, food, shelter and even her car to a stranger (Mr. Shiftlet) in order to convince him to marry her daughter Lucynell and by giving everything to Mr. Shiftlet she guarantees the man will marry and stay with her daughter, but instead Mr. Shiftlet who is a corrupt and evil man takes everything with him and even abandons Lucynell at a diner, which represents an incongruence between the expectations from the mother and the real outcome which is part of irony. Thus, the incident from this short story that is an example of irony is that "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" because in this statement there is an incongruence between the expectations of a character and the way the situation ended which one main features of irony.

The Answer is C

Explanation:

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