Discuss how language is used to structure hegemonic systems in RK Narayan's A Horse and two goats.

A Horse and Two Goats is an exercise in irony centering upon a long, involved conversation between an American businessman and a poor old Indian man. The two men complete a business negotiation hat is satisfactory to both despite the fact that neither one understands a single word the other is saying. Further adding to the irony is the fact that the American buys a statue which the old man does not even own.