Question

given the context of "report on the Barnhouse effect" and its events what does the narrator mean by the satirical and ironic statement below how does this sentence influence the tone of the story and develop the generals character general barker bustled about the house like a women preparing thanksgiving dinner for twenty

Answer 1

The narrator pokes fun at the general's frantic behavior. The sentence leads a light-hearted tone to the story and also highlights sarcastic and ironic tone, making the general's actions appear senseless, hysterical, and frivolous- adjectives typically not used to describe a general.

Answer 2

The narrator makes a joke in the form of mockery of Baker's behavior, this joke generated a funny, joyous and amusing tone to the story. This mockery develops the character as amguem unbalanced, fussy, disorganized and nervous.

Step-by-step explanation:

Satire is a literary or artistic technique that ridicules a particular theme. On the other hand, irony is the art of ridiculing someone, denouncing, criticizing or censoring something or something. The irony tries to value something, but when in fact wants to devalue,