Discussion Questions
1. What figure of speech is used in paragraph two? How many syllables are each of the words involved?
2. What do you think the narrator means by, "they are without respect for all things living, including themselves" (29)? When else has the narrator made such a moral judgment? Why is respect for the last thing so important?
(N.B. Moral judgments are those concerning good and bad courses of action.)
3. Stylistically speaking, why do you think the last sentence of this chapter is so long? What does it have to do with the first sentence of the prior chapter?
4. How might Angel Vargas' name be interpreted as Ironic?
5. Do you think the view toward "vagabond" kids expressed in this chapter is "realistic"? According to the narrator, should we feel sorry for the Vargas kids? Why or why not?
1. What figure of speech is used in paragraph two? How many syllables are each of the words involved?
2. What do you think the narrator means by, "they are without respect for all things living, including themselves" (29)? When else has the narrator made such a moral judgment? Why is respect for the last thing so important?
(N.B. Moral judgments are those concerning good and bad courses of action.)
3. Stylistically speaking, why do you think the last sentence of this chapter is so long? What does it have to do with the first sentence of the prior chapter?
4. How might Angel Vargas' name be interpreted as Ironic?
5. Do you think the view toward "vagabond" kids expressed in this chapter is "realistic"? According to the narrator, should we feel sorry for the Vargas kids? Why or why not?