So after the first few pages, you're starting to get a sense of the narrator's friendship with Beto. What do you think is the narrator's deal with Beto? Any insights? Predictions?
Now for this next post, you're going to read 2 (starting with "We live alone...") up to (ending with "the bones in our fingers pressing together"). You're continuing to look for important events, but now you're only listing 7 events, so you're going to have to really synthesize (boil things down to a nutshell). Continue to keep track of what is happening in the present and what is happening in the past (introduce past events with "He remembers when...").
Challenge Paragraph:
In the first paragraph of this section about halfway in, the narrator writes:
"She has discovered the secret to silence: pouring café without a splash, walking between rooms as if gliding on a cushion of felt, crying without a sound. You have traveled to the East and learned many secret things, I’ve told her. You’re like a shadow warrior."
Why does he describe his mom in this way? What is he telling us about her? Why does he tell her she’s traveled to the East and learned secret things, that she’s like a shadow warrior? Has she really been to the East? What does he mean by this? Why does he tell her this? What does it suggest about their relationship?
You can share your list of events and answer to the Challenge Paragraph questions here:
Feel free to write in questions you have on the reading in the comments section below.
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