Question

Answer the following question in 40-50 words:

In ‘Mijbil the Otter’, how does the narrator’s patience contrast with the reactions of fellow passengers and local people? What does this reveal about human understanding of the unfamiliar?

Answer 1

Narrator shows calm curiosity and patient observation toward Mijbil, marveling at his antics, while fellow passengers and local people react with surprise, affront, even hostility staring, spitting, growling revealing that humans often fear, judge, and dismiss the unfamiliar rather than seek to understand it.