Komla started shaking his head and then started shaking his phone ‘...and this message is important too’, he mumbled with a worr
ied frown. ‘How do I get it across to the TBA (Traditional Birth Attendant) that her expertise is needed here NOW? If this woman is not attended to, something terrible will surely happen.’ What is happening to Komla’s phone? To help Komla, discuss the strategies for overcoming barriers to effective communication.
Komla's phone must be experiencing network failures that are making communication difficult. To overcome this difficulty, Komla should look for areas in his region where the network signal is better.
Explanation:
Komla is in great need to establish an efficient communication with the operator, however his phone cannot keep the communication stable and is showing failures in sending messages, which greatly impairs the sutuation that Komla is inserted.
These failures must come from faults in the telephone network in the area and region where Komla is located. For this reason, to break down this communicative barrier, Komla must quickly look for areas where the network offers a better and more stable signal.
The author compares the character by comparing the fog to a cat.
Explanation:
The story says, "The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on." And that shows that we can guess that the author compared it to a cat.
