At the end of the second paragraphs soueif tells the reader is that he lights up carol will not come on tonight, referring to our government imposed curfew and shutdown of internet and found communications how does this glimpse into the future contribute to soueifs description of the present?

It's about a overweight ogre and another female ogre. there is also a donkey and cat in boots for some reason.

The slope of a linear equation is equal to the change in the value of the dependent variable divided by the change in the value of the independent variable. in this problem, the dependent variable is the profit while the independent variable is the worker's average pay. if the profit is said to increase by 1500 when worker's average pay decrease by 450, the slope is equal to 1500/(-450)=-3.33