Question

What is ironic about the way Deliverance story ends?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The ending of the novel Hoops is ironic because the very thing that serves as Lonnie's deliverance also ends up being Cal's doom. There is also irony in the fact that basketball, which had once been such a singular focus for both men, later.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The author has expressed irony quite effectively in the story 'Deliverance.' 'What a divine sight!' exclaims the Pandit. But, as the readers would see, Dukhi had to suffer a lot in the Pandit's residence, so it turned out to be contrary to what Dukhi said.

Explanation:

• Dukhi was given the name by his parents to avoid disaster in life, which is depicted in the story's last portion.
• However, it had the opposite effect, since Duhki lived in terrible poverty and died pitifully.
• He couldn't even have burial rites.
• As a result, the author Premchand employed a lot of irony in the novel to show the Brahmins' hypocrisy.
• It's difficult not to notice Dukhi's anguish towards the end: •
• What he couldn't achieve in life, he manages to achieve in death.
• Pandit Ghasiram, who thinks Dukhi's touch to be contaminated, is obliged to drag Dukhi's dead body himself.  
• And, even more ironically, Ghasiram disposes of Dukhi's dead body in the fields to be eaten by scavengers, after Dukhi had served him with devotion and fidelity.
• Instead of rewarding Dukhi for his selfless service, Pandit Ghasiram has cursed him, ensuring that he suffers in death as he did in life by forcing Pandit to touch his corpse.
• Pandit Ghasiram performs the requisite purification rites and, possibly, returns to his normal life.
• However, Dukhi paid the price by being abandoned in the field and consumed by scavengers.

Hence, the title itself is sarcastic, and Premchand has succeeded in criticising and satirising Hindu culture and its discriminatory customs throughout the novel.

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