July 8th Assignments

Module:

Costal will discuss quiz & article, Tim will drop some knowledge about verbs.

Write: Rewrite (optional) of Informal Writing #2

Read: RF Chapters 6 & 7 (Questions attached, Marshall)

Chapter 6:

1. Why do you think the American is reluctant to share his personal story with the narrator? (77)

2. What are Changez’s reactions to all the mementos and photographs of the missing that were posted around lower Manhattan? (79)

3. How does Changez feel about all the flags that started appearing in New York? (79-80)

4. What changes does Erica see in the narrator when he talks about “home”? (81)

5. What does the narrator do when Erica falls asleep at his apartment? (83-84)

6. Comment on the tenderness of the love scene (88-92). Why do you think the narrator includes so many intimate details? (I don’t have any ready-made answer in mind.)

7. The last two sentences in Chapter 6 (page 92, starting with “But tonight . . .) are a puzzle to me. What do you guys think?


Chapter 7:

1. How does the narrator describe the mood in America following 9/11? (94)

2. What were the rumors Changez was hearing at the Pak-Punjab Deli? (94)

3. Why does the author think he’s unlikely to be targeted for persecution? (94-95)

4. Why do the workers at the cable company resent the people from Underwood Samson coming in? (95-99)

5. What happened in October 2001 that Changez reports “upset his equilibrium”? (99)

6. What did Changez see on TV one evening that led to his drinking heavily and showing up late—for the first time ever—for work the next morning? (99-100)

7. Why does the narrator think the Pakistanis take such pride in their food? What does he mean when he says their traditional foods are “predatory”? (101-102)

8. What does Changez’s rant about Pakistani history suggest about the comparison between the US and his country? (101-102)

9. Why do you think Changez said nothing to Erica about his anger over the invasion of Afghanistan? (102)

10. Creepy love scene warning pages 102-107. (At least I found it creepy) Why was it creepy? What does Changez feel at the end?

11. What word does Changez use to describe how he felt being bested by a dead rival, Erica’s deceased boyfriend, Chris? (106)