To Kill a Mockingbird

What is the irony about Bob Ewell's response to Mr. Gilmer's question about being ambidextrous?

Chapter 17

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The irony is that Bob answers the question backwards because he does not understand what the word means. When Atticus poses the question to Ewell, he replies: "I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the other".

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