Your answer is lines 2 and 3.
Question 1:
Humorous passage 1: "It (the umbrella) was made to be carried on the arm like an enormous ornamental bat and to allow one the opportunity to put on British airs as the atmospheric conditions demanded."
Humorous passage 2: "(The umbrella is) An item to be carried in the street, to be used to startle friends and—in the worst of cases—to fend off one’s creditors."
Question 2:
Passage 1 is funny because it compares the umbrella to an ornamental bat, which sounds weird in the first place. Plus, the umbrellas is said to be used by people who want to seem British, which is even more outrageously funny.
Passage 2 is funny because it treats the umbrella as a scary object which can be used even to fend off people you owe money to, which is absurd.
In both passages, the author uses tone and voice in a very witty way: he speaks seriously about absurdity, about unimaginable stuff. It is like an encyclopedia of weird and fun facts. That is what makes it funny: the contrast between a serious tone and larger than life images.
Answer:
Explanation:
1. In 2003, Aron Ralston went hiking alone in a canyon in Utah. He trapped his arm under a rock and couldn't move. He had his phone on him and was able to call for help. Ralston Survived.
2. In 1996, Pete Goss was leading a round-the-world yacht race. During a terrible storm, he got an emergancy call. Another competitior, Rafael Dinelli, was in trouble and Goss's boat was the only one in the area. Goss turned back and was able to save Dinelli's life and was able to get back fast enough to win the race.
3. In 1972, the pilot of a plane carrying an Uruguayan rugby team miscalculated his postition and crashed 3,600 metres and ended up in the Andes. The plane was white, but was luckily able to be spotted. There was many injured and 5 died.
Answer:
4.The jar was gray and bare.
5.It did not give of bird or bush,
Explanation:
Impersonality and objectivity seem to be crucial in modernist culture. The idea of emptiness can be clearly seen on those two lines since being "gray and bare" means something is boring and forgettable. The idea of barrenness can be seen in not giving bird or bush. The ground had nothing on it or for it.
