What strategic purpose might Soyinka’s drawn-out performance of self-description in "Telephone Conversation" serve beyond mere defiance?
1
It allows the speaker to maintain control of the interaction and dictate the terms of engagement.
2
It exposes the landlady's prejudice to the reader through the speaker's satirical tone.
3
It creates a space for potential empathy or understanding, however unlikely, by humanizing the speaker beyond a racial label.
4
All of the above.