Chicken in the Henhouse

1)

Sedaris' arguments about sexuality, stereotypes, and intolerance are all focused around society have a typcial perception and that perception being distorted. He uses his experience at a hotel and listening to the radio to enhance his argument on all three. With himself as primary evidence he shows that people have a stereotype on homosexuals like himself. Adults and children's intolerance on the topic of homosexuality are distorted in his eyes and he makes fun of this with humor.

2)

He uses humor to strike back at Audrey when she says talk about the proverbial chicken in the henhouse. She describes homosexuals as being recruiters because they cannot reproduce themselves. He uses humor to mock Audrey by saying nobody recruited him and he begged for it. His sarcastic tone makes the humor that much more affective.