What is the importance in the story being choppy like a stream of conscious type writing ? What does it reveal about the narrator and his views of others and how they perceive him?
How does physical activity (specifically swimming and dancing) affect the development of the narrator's relationship with Misha? How might it also parallel that relation?
What is the importance in the story being choppy like a stream of conscious type writing ? What does it reveal about the narrator and his views of others and how they perceive him?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the significance of shifts of the present and past tenses throughout the story? How does time play a role as a theme?
ReplyDeleteHow does music, specifically the guitar, play a role in this story? What is the guitar a metaphor for?
ReplyDeleteWhy does the story end on such an abrupt note? Does the fact that the tune being whistled is from the West have any significance?
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ReplyDeleteHow does physical activity (specifically swimming and dancing) affect the development of the narrator's relationship with Misha? How might it also parallel that relation?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the significance of race in the text?
ReplyDeleteHow is the narrator's approach to Misha different from Lee's approach to Allerton?
ReplyDeleteWhy does the narrator pay so much attention to "formalities"?
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What role does water (ie rain, river...etc) play in the story?
ReplyDeleteWhat purpose does the narrator's informal use of language serve? "I was like walking around with nothing to do..." (197)
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How does the lack of clarity in the time sequence of the narrative reflect the thought process of the narrator?
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