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The misunderstanding that occurs early in the story "The Horned Toad" by Gerald Haslam between the grandma and the narrator is generated by communication barrier.
The grandma does not speak any other language except Spanish. This was too hard for the narrator to understand. There is a lack of communication caused by language barrier between the grandma and her grandson, the narrator.
Thus, the narrator felt insecure about the presence of his grandma, who came over to live with the extended family in California.
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Answer: The boy is from a rich family. He parents tell him to stay away from poor people who would ruin his family image.
Explanation: look at stanza 1-5 and
10-12. The parents explain the hatred for people who don’t dress up nice.
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.
