PART A: What is the main function of the first paragraph in the passage from “The
Grasshopper"?

Introduction

Explanation:

Usually the first paragraph in any passage is used as an introdutory to introduce the reader about the passage the he is going to read.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.