Question 41 Read this quotation from paragraph 20.
"It's our earth. It's our land. Can't nobody
touch a man's own land."
The irony of this quotation is that it calls attention to —
Answer
A the love T. J. has for the outdoors while he is on a man-made structure
X
B
the rooftop being abandoned and the men still caring about its welfare
X
the fact that T. J. does not have the right to use the rooftop despite creating
the garden
X X
D
the effort used to create a garden when it can be easily destroyed

C. the fact that T. J. does not have the right to use the rooftop despite creating the garden.

Explanation:

The irony is a rhetorical device that writers use by making the characters say or making the scene seem like one thing but what happens is the opposite or unexpected. In simple words, it is when what is expected and what results are contradictory to each other.

In the given quote from Borden Deal's short story "Antaeus", TJ's insistence that the garden at the rooftop of the abandoned building is their own land. And so, when the owner ordered his men to remove it, TJ refuses to give in and declares: "It's our earth. It's our land. Can't nobody touch a man's own land."

But this is ironic as we know the building is someone else's and that the boys do not have the right to use it. So, TJ's insistence on 'fighting to save it' is ironic considering they were on someone's property even though they had created the garden.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.