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In the passage of Henry James story of “George Odger” it shows the author is “grotesque” yet “disdainful” towards the funeral. Mr. George Odger followers organize a funeral for him but James thought it wasn’t necessary, thought he was only a homeless man. The authors diction expresses the feelings of foolishness and disrespectful that the man’s funeral brings to the observer. James looks around with the “elements of grotesque” as well as “serious comedy” as they honor George Odger “humble origin”. “Elements of grotesque” means that he had different elements of disgust, “serious comedy” shows that Mr. James was sort of laughing, but in a serious manner. This shows that the higher class man did not show respect towards George Odger funerals,
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