Zayvier Moodie Dr. Mason Engl1101-015 10 October 2013 Reading Questions Gremmel Questions 1.

What is Gremmels' purpose in writing about this particular experience? How do you know? He writes as a reminder to himself that being a doctor is about more than just the physiological. 3. make a list of the main clues in this case? How does gremmels reveal them to the reader, and how do these clues advance the narrative? The boys head jumps when the exam room door shuts, hes normally very active and gets into all sorts of spots, we should know 80% of the case by hearing the history, the red u shaped marks on his body, Russo Questions 1. Richard Russo's story of a boy and his dog doesn't actually begin until paragraph 4. what is the purpose of the first two paragraphs of the narrative? It was to establish the tone of his family life which enhanced the story. 3. Besides telling a boy-meets-dog story,Russo's narrative is also telling the story of how he became the kind of man I am What kind of man is he, and what are some of the causes? He is exasperating. This is due to the stuffy uneventful environment he grew up in along with what he had to go through just to get a dog as a child. It would seem that very little surprises or excites him. Shah Questions 3. Shah doesn't introduce dialogue into her narrative until paragraph 6. Why do you think she waits so long? How does the dialogue help to show her disillusionment? Similar to what I said with Russo she waited to introduce the narrative because she had to set the tone of the story. Though it took 6 paragraphs, the way she described her fascinations with her eastern culture shows how little she really knew giving credence to how disillusioned she was. 1. according to your dictionary, what are the DENOTATIONS of the following words: Visceral, luxuriant, Putative? What does such formal language contribute to Shah's point? VISCERA is crude and characterized by base emotions. LUXURIANT is profuse or super abundant PUTATIVE is commonly regarded as or to or reputed to be

Barry Questions 2. Barry describes her room at home, the exterior of her school, and her classroomroom 2with a few telling details. What are some of those details, and how do they help to set the scene for her narrative? The room at home was not her bedroom but the living room on the couch in front of the TV where she spent many nights with her brother when there were relatives spending the night. The school was on a hill with a wonderful view, and her classroom was warm and inviting with a paint table in the back. These descriptions progressively highlight the difference between her home and school. 5. Other methods. Barry uses her narrative to support an argument about public schools in America. Whats the point of that argument, and where does she state it most directly? The point of her argument is that public schools are often havens for children in a world where their home environment does not provide the security they need. She states her point from paragraph 19-21