"My poor, dear thing, I have helped many like you in the past; yes, many have needed my help to find their footing in this big, cruel world," Mrs. Snow said, earnestly clasping Melinda's hand while appraising her outfit with an eagle eye. How does the author use irony in this sentence to develop the plot?
A. to show that Mrs. Snow understands Melinda's needs better than Melinda does herself
B. to show that Mrs. Snow's actual intentions are different from what she presents them to be
C. to show that Melinda is overly suspicious of Mrs. Snow's good intentions toward her
D. to show that Melinda's understanding of the world is less developed than it should be

in 1636, roger williams settled at the tip of narragansett bay after being banished from the massachusetts bay colony for his religious views, on land granted to him by the narragansett tribe. he called the site "providence plantation" and declared it a place of religious freedom.

explanation:

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).