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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?

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The correct answer is D. Mr. Shiftlet has the car he wanted and managed to rid himself of his wife, but he still is not happy.

The excerpt is taken from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own." Mr. Sihftlet desperately wanted to own a car and for that he even married a mute and deaf woman.

As he got his opportunity to drive the car, he left the woman all by herself at a roadside restaurant but instead of enjoying his ride, he was feeling more depressed than earlier.

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