Personification and a surprise ending
The use of "Timothy" implies that Grandfather is merely taking his grandson to the zoo; however, the twist ending is that Timothy is a tiger. Suddenly the reason "no one would share a compartment with them" is all too clear-- no one would want to share a compartment with a large tiger.
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lol the term is "letters to the editor"
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