Which sentence describes an example of situational irony in Gulliver's Travels?

A.Gulliver wears clothing to make himself look different from the disgusting Yahoos, because the Houyhnhnms have no knowledge of clothing. B.Gulliver cannot eat the rotting meat that the Yahoos eat, so he worries that he will not be able to sustain himself among the Houyhnhnms. C.Gulliver expects the humans in the land of the Houyhnhnms to be very wise, but they are the most brutal and disgusting beasts imaginable. D.Gulliver imitates the sounds the Houyhnhnms make and only later learns the meanings of the words he is producing.

Answer: C) Gulliver expects the humans in the land of the Houyhnhnms to be very wise, but they are the most brutal and disgusting beasts imaginable.

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. A situational irony is when what happens is the contrary to what the characters or the audience are expecting to happen. From the given options, the sentence that describes an example of situational irony in Gulliver's Travels, is the corresponding to option C, because what happened was the contrary to what Gulliver expected.