Why is the final statement in "we real cool," when the pool players say, "we / die soon," tragically ironic?
a.
the pool players do not enjoy their lives of play and music.
b.
the pool players are blaming lack of education for their early deaths.
c.
the pool players are speaking not of actual death but of the death of their dreams.
d.
the pool players are primarily harming themselves with their defiant choices.

Returning from vietnam, we were given a parade. crowds of screaming people waving signs — not just on one road, one day. no, they were everywhere. every day. on the streets, on the television, on the radio. a hot, angry tangle of shaking fists and ugly words that threatened us like a monster with a hundred heads. our country had chewed us up and spit us out, and now we were being treated as if it were our fault. which sentence best uses figurative language to match the paragraph's tone? a. our feet were frozen in place as the street itself strained to hold us back. b. i felt unappreciated and condemned for actions i had thought were heroic. c. i hadn't expected to find myself in a rags-to-riches situation such as this. d. we had come home to a feeding frenzy and were being treated as bait.