The tone of the story talk by harold courlander and george herzog is 1 angery 2 somber 3irreverent 4 humorous

The story "Talk" by Harold Courlander and George Herzog has a HUMOROUS tone. The talking characters make the story really humorous, for example the talking yam frightened the farmer when he wanted to dig it. Same with the fish trap, the stool in the chief's house, and so on.

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.