According to this passage, what causes Alvarez to dread introducing her friends to her family

The author most likely uses the word monstrous rather than the word “unpleasant” because it has a more positive connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more negative connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more neutral connotation than the word “unpleasant.” almost the same connotation as the word “unpleasant.”

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as

The black night was split open like the coconut