Answer:
It has the biggest economy in the world. It is the world leader in technology( at the moment). It has a lot of influence in the united nations. The dollar is the used as the international currency for all banks(this is changing due to the weak dollar and probably will be replaced by the euro in a few years).
Explanation:
Maybe because no one wants to listen to him or no one thinks he is important?
The answer is
2) the situation continues for years without pause
It is believable that someone gets hit with an umbrella, it also can happen that the narrator thinks about going to the police, or punches the man in the head, but Magic Realism tries to go further from reality in real life situations, this way the hits cointinuing through the years is the magica realism in the story.
