Silly American

" 'Tell him that bulls have no balls,' Mike shouted. He was drunk (pg 179)."

This line is truly amusing to me. If one compares the humor of an average teenage boy to this line, the resemblance is shocking. It makes it that much more amusing when one considers that this is a grown, drunk man. More amusing still is who he is speaking to. He is saying this to a bullfighter who is in or near teenage range and who would have likely not found it funny if he could have understood it. Later, Romero says it is not right for a bullfighter to know English. The more I read on about Mike's drunken antics, the clearer this reasoning becomes. No one wants to be associated with anyone who acts like this, even if it is only in language. If I were Spanish and I heard a crazy American speaking like this, I would be ashamed to know English as well.