Which of the following quotations by Huck's father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?

A) "Starchy clothes-very. You think you're a good deal of a big-bug, DON'T

you?"

B) "You're educated, too, they say-can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't?"

C) "And looky here-you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is."

D) "All right. I'll ask him; and I'll make him pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why.

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Annabelle Heath

9 February, 08:29

Which of the following quotations by Huck's father in chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an example of irony?

A) "Starchy clothes-very. You think you're a good deal of a big-bug, DON'T

you?"

B) "You're educated, too, they say-can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't?"

C) "And looky here-you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is."

D) "All right. I'll ask him; and I'll make him pungle, too, or I'll know the reason why.

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Lilia Richard · Answer 1

"And look here-you drop that school, you hear? I'll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better'n what HE is" is an example of irony.

Option 'c'

Explanation:

The statement is quite ironic coming from a father. Fathers are generally expected to think of a bright future for his kid.

Here the father is telling his son to leave the school as it has been his perception, all gathered from people in society, that if he goes to school and learns, he will turn into a snob, arrogant and carrying an attitude which will let him have no respect for his father. Irony is a contradiction to what is expected.