Read the sentence from an interpretive literary analysis.Amy Tan describes Jing-mei's mother's efforts to get her to become a prodigy: "I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. He was deaf."

The statement is ironic because Jing-mei’s mother arranges piano lessons to help her become a prodigy, but the teacher cannot hear her playing. The contrast between the goal of improving her performance and Old Chong’s deafness creates the irony. Choice B correctly identifies this literary device.

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