Read the following excerpt from mark twain's life on the mississippi: when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain use irony in this excerpt?
a. to describe the difference between the way the cub engineer and the boys viewed his injuries
b. to exaggerate the cub engineer's imperfections and emphasize his smug attitude
c. to contrast the concern the boys should have felt with the satisfaction they really felt
d. to show that the cub engineer felt satisfied with himself when he should have been thankful