Which of these situations best shows irony?
A. A surgeon cracks jokes to his assistants while performing a hip replacement.
B. A surgeon is struck with appendicitis and has to be rushed to t hospital.
C. A surgeon performs a procedure with another surgeon who is much older than he is.
D. A surgeon usually has six surgeries in a single day, but today h only had five.
B. A surgeon is struck with appendicitis and has to be rushed to the hospital.
This situation reflects irony, particularly situational irony, because it involves a reversal of expectations. As a surgeon, the individual is typically the one treating appendicitis in patients, so it is unexpected and ironic that they themselves would have to be treated for the same condition. It also might imply an element of poetic justice, as the surgeon is experiencing what their own patients undergo.