English, 27.01.2020 19:31 xrenay

Read the following excerpt from sandra cisneros’s story "mericans."

“girl. we can’t play with a girl.” girl. it’s my brothers’ favorite insult now instead of “sissy.” “you girl,” they yell at each other. “you throw that ball like a girl.”

which statement best explains the irony in this excerpt?
a. the narrator does not even want to play, but her brothers tease her because they
think she does.
b. although her brothers do not know it, the narrator actually throws the ball far better
than either of them does.
c. even though the narrator is extremely kind to her brothers, they are exceedingly
cruel to her.
d. as much as the brothers dislike being stereotyped for being “merican,” they
stereotype their own sister based on gender.

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