The tone of the story is somewhat humorous and the mood is uneasy. One of the themes of the Upturned Face is how destiny determines who dies and lives and how an individual very susceptible to death with just one blink. It is humorous because seeing two guys burying someone and at the same time fighting against someone is ridiculous.
Detritivores and DECOMPOSER are the final part of the food chains.
2 because the numbers in the passage are showing the statistics for the number/percent of cattle slaughtered each year.
