5. Explain the irony—that is, the amusing contradiction—in the below passage: "Oh, these people's minds work in strange ways, Petunia, they're not like you and me,' said
Uncle Vernon, trying to knock in a nail with a piece of fruitcake Aunt Petunia had just brought
him."

Explanation:

It is ironic that Uncle Vernon is doing something very peculiar while telling Petunia at the same time that other people are the weird ones.

the answer should be d) he was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief, welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled emotion" since it is the best option because it shows his desire to free himself. 

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