a. It is full of jokes about Algernon’s aunt.

b. It gives us a humorous picture of Algernon’s attitudes toward dinner party behavior.

c. It gives us some reasonable guidelines about washing “clean linen” in public.

a. It gives us background information about why Algernon does not want to dine with his relations.

b. It makes clear that Mary Farquhar and her husband do not know how to act appropriately in public.

c. It reveals Algernon’s intolerance of conventional behavior.