Use the story to answer the question. What is ironic about the ending to the story (paragraphs 4-6)? (1 point) Jack did not have a plan to make his kitchen tidier. Jack believed that the way to tidy a kitchen was to put things away even though his things were clean. Jack knew he should clean up the crumbs on his counter. Jack decided his kitchen was clean enough even though it was messier than when he had started to tidy it

Answer 1

The irony in the ending of the story lies in Jack's belief that he had successfully tidied his kitchen, despite the fact that it actually ended up messier than when he began. He thought that simply putting things away would make the kitchen tidy, overlooking the fact that he still had crumbs to clean up. This contradiction between his perception of cleanliness and the actual state of his kitchen highlights the irony of his situation—he believed he was improving things when he was actually making them worse.