Whitman celebrates the common person.
Answer:
To entertain
Explanation:
The text shown in the question above aims to entertain the reader and therefore presents a funny and entertaining narrative, which establishes a light mood and a comfortable atmosphere making the reader have fun and be intricate and happy.
The text does not present any information, so we can say that it does not intend to inform. In addition, the text does not try to convince the reader of anything, for this reason we can say that the reader does not try to persuade.
It is in the South.
Based on the passage, the reader can infer that the town of Brewtonton is in the South of the U.S. The fact that the Ku Klux Klan is such a problem in the town, and the fact that there is a barnyard (so they're at a farm) are pieces of support for this reasoning.