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Questions for Study and Discussion

1. What does Gregory mean by “shame”?

- Gregory refers by shame according to the text to how the boy felt in some situations of his life. However, I
think that “shame” emphasizes the strong bad feeling about that he did not have father.

2. How do the first three paragraphs of the essay help to establish a context for the narrative that follows?

- The first three paragraphs of the essay helps to establish a context for the narrative that follows giving more

details about the boy’s life.

3. Why do you think Gregory narrates this episode in the first-person point of view? What would be gained or

lost if he instead wrote it in the third-person point of view?

- I think that Gregory narrates this episode in the first-person point of view because the reader can involve with

the feeling that the text wants to transmit. Maybe he would be lost importance if he instead wrote it in the third-person
point of view.

4. Specific details can enhance the reader’s understanding and appreciation of a narrative. Gregory’s
description of Helene Tucker’s manners or the plaid of his mackinaw, for example, makes his account vivid and

interesting. Cite several other specific details he gives and consider how the narrative would be different without
them.

- When the boy took ice from a machine to wash his socks and shirt.

- He was sick.

- He slept in a bed with other boys and without father.

- He tried to make friendship with Helene Tucker’s family.

- The role of the teacher.

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