The irony is in the fact that Mr. Shiftlet, himself is a perfect example of the rottenness of the world. He is saying that he is afraid of people like himself.
And the significance of this statement at the end of the story, because he is so shocked by the comments made by the boy, who is angry at him, because Shiftlet said his mother was an angel. The boy has had a difficult life.
Shiftlet's response is very ironic, he prays for help. This is the same man who married a simple woman, so he could steal her mother's car, and has abandoned this woman, his wife, in a diner and driven away.
The irony that Mr. Shiftlet would pray for help, and ask the Lord to cleanse the earth of slime, the true irony is that he is part of the SLIME THAT HE WANTS CLEANSED.
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