Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville (excerpt) Ginger Nut, the third on my list, was a lad some twelve years old. His father was a carman, ambitious of seeing his son on the bench instead of a cart before he died. So he sent him to my office, as student at law, errand boy, cleaner and sweeper, at the rate of one dollar a week. He had a little desk to himself, but he did not use it much. Upon inspection, the drawer exhibited a great array of the shells of various sorts of nuts. Indeed, to this quick- witted youth, the whole

B) Upon inspection, the drawer exhibited a great array of the shells of various sorts of nuts. Indeed, to this quick-witted youth, the whole noble science of the law was contained in a nutshell.

Explanation:

Verbal irony is a figure of speech when a speaker says something but means something else. The intended meaning of the spoken words is the opposite, contrasting with the literal meaning of the word.

In the given excerpt from Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener," verbal irony is evident in the line where the narrator describes Ginger Nut. His description of the young lad as a "quick-witted youth" is ironic for, in truth, he doesn't seem to be so. Rather than being intelligent as was expected, he is dumb, taking no interest in the practice of law contrary to his father's high expectations. The narrator sums up the boy's knowledge as "whole noble science of the law was contained in a nutshell," which means his knowledge is rather dim/ low.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing

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