8. Explanation of part I, paragraph 4, 4-9 bullet points

Explanation:

 

Willy Wonka creates a list of impossible and particular things to create the antidote. The list gets difficult as he then says that he needs the tail of a fifty-one-year-old Horse in Arabia. The Arabian Horse is pretty famous for having the best tail carriage, head shape and strong body. He then asks for the whiskers of a \(36\) year old cat named Crumpets. The maximum life expectancy of a cat is \(16\) years. But not only is the cat expected to be living beyond it, Wonka gives it a specific name too. But even if one could fill this criterion, the next one baffles the readers. He wants a flea that has lived on the cat named crumpet for the same thirty six years.

 

 

He wants the tail of a Tibetian rat that has lived for \(207\) years. Tibet is known for its rats, as it was even referred often as 'Plague of desert rats'. He also asks for the black tooth of a \(97\) year old grey cat (Grimalkin) that has lived in a cave in Mount Popocatepetl. Mount Popocatepetl is a volcano in Mexico and is very famous for having erupted frequently. It is very rare to have a cave in such areas and a grimalkin to be found with a black teeth, living for so long. He also needs the knucklebones of a cattaloo from Peru. A cattaloo is a cross breed between a cow and buffalo. The entire list contains specific, problematic and unusual things. But since the entire lesson is based on magical realism, it does not affect it. It in fact adds more colour and makes it interesting.

 

 

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