In the short story of a Horse and two goats. What is referred to as the courtesies of the season ? Why did Muni answer, "Yes, no" ?
Answers
In the short story of “A Horse and Two Goats” by R. K. Narayan, the legendary writer in Indian English, the courtesies of the season refers to the etiquette of a person.
EXPLANATION:
The author here describes the conversation between the illiterate village simpleton Muni and an enthusiastic American tourist who had a business of his own. As the American tries to engage Muni in a lively conversation, he suddenly remembers the etiquette of a gentleman and offers him a cigarette. These polite codes of manners are called the courtesies of the season.
Muni was totally baffled as he couldn’t speak or understand a word of English except for” yes” and “no”. So with a puzzled expression he answered both “yes no” to whatever he was being asked even though it was irrelevant and didn’t make any sense.