Questão Q4530166 - Língua Inglesa

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In the comic strip, Jon Arbuckle begins a narrative using the classic "Once upon a time" formula. However, as the story progresses into the third panel, the tone shifts significantly. From a linguistic and literary perspective, it can be concluded that:

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the comic strip employs irony and metafiction by transitioning from a traditional fairy-tale register to a mundane, domestic complaint, highlighting that the "story" Jon is reading is actually a literal recount of his own frustrating daily life.

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the primary humor of the strip is derived from the personification of the dog, who expresses verbal agreement with Jon's narrative through a thought bubble, showing high cognitive awareness of his past mistakes.

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the use of the past tense in the first two panels ("there was," "was thin," "was happy") indicates that the characters Jon is describing are fictional entities unrelated to the three characters physically present in the scene.

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Garfield's thought bubble in the final panel ("This sounds familiar") serves as a foreshadowing device, suggesting that the cat is beginning to experience symptoms of déjà vu regarding a book he read in the past.

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the transition between the second and third panels represents a shift from direct speech to indirect speech, used primarily to report the actions of the cat and dog to a third-party audience.

In the comic strip, Jon Arbuckle begins a narrative using...