The sentence that best reveals the context is: "With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and distrust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left side of the hyphen—African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American—would overwhelm the right."
By reading "...the end of the cold war...", the reader infers the time the story is set in. The Cold War started after the Second World War (1945) and ended in 1991 with the end of the Soviet Union.
In addition, by reading "...the left side of the hyphen - African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American - would overwhelm the right", readers can deduce that the author is referring to the US and its fear of loosing a sense of nationalism and unity among its diverse population.
In all, the setting is the US in the early 90's because of the reference to the end of the Cold War and the fear of not being unified anymore.
The Irony and the pun in the sentences are as follows:
1. Ned said, I just love working in the hot sun. When can we do this again?"
The above sentence shows irony ,as no one would want to work in the hot sun, but Ned is expressing contrary to it.
2. Billy Fisher was a minor character and remained one as an adult
The above phrase show a play with words and also depicts dark humor, as it suggests the Billy would be a minor, even as an adult. Thus this suggests pun in the sentence.
3. Kara read that Tom Sawyer tricked the boys. What a good friend!" she remarked.
This sentence shows irony, as what is being exclaimed by Kara is the opposite to what Tom's deed are.
4.His friend's none the wiser, Tom surveyed the results of his whitewashing.
This sentence suggests neither irony, nor pun.
Answer:
He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again.
Explanation:
i think thats it i hope it is
She thiks about her past as she waits for her children and sshe thinks on how she could of changed it
