1. What is it about the Running Man's eyes that strike Joseph? (p.162)
The striking thing about the Running Man's eyes is the unnamed sorrow they contain as they gaze widely at Joseph. Joseph feels surprised by the emotions he finds in the Running Man's eyes because he expected to be filled with wonder and surprise instead. When Joseph recalls the details of that moment he immediately thinks of the way the Running Man's eyes looked; it was as if they had been scalded by some fearful image of the past and the present world appeared only as shadowy shapes moving behind a dark and heavy curtain. The eyes of Tom Leyton are filled with the same kind of sorrow. A line from the silkworm poem echoes in Joseph's mind as he ponders about this: "Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell".
2. Why is Joseph so surprised that the Running Man knows the poem? (pp.165-6) In what way had the Running Man "escaped the box that Joseph had put him in"?
Joseph is surprised that the Running Man knows the poem because the real Running Man is different from Joseph’s preconceived image of him. In Joseph's mind, it is not possible for the Running Man to know such a poem. The Running Man that Joseph imagines has never been to school. The thought of the Running Man going to school, like any other child, bewilders Joseph because the Running Man has always been a shadowy figure fleeting through the edges of his world. Now, because Joseph hears the Running Man recite the words of the silkworm poem, everything changes. Now, Joseph can set the Running Man free from the box into which he had put him. From this event, Joseph learns that people may not be what they seem to be and that perhaps he is only seeing one side of the Running Man. Tom Leyton suggests that the Running Man may be trapped within his problems and they have eventually become a part of him, a part which he cannot escape.
3. What does the story of the foolish son and the maze indicate about Tom Leyton's view on life? (pp.168-72)
The story of the foolish son and the maze indicates that Tom Leyton always thinks about the negative aspects of life and never the positive ones. Tom reflects on the lessons he has learnt during the Vietnam War. He tries to teach Joseph those lessons. Tom says, that if something bad happens to you in life, it can change you into a totally different person. He says that there is always something worse that can happen in life so be grateful for what you have now.
4. How does the end of this chapter build interest and suspense for the reader? (p.175)
The end of this chapter builds interest and suspense for the reader as the author, Michael Gerard Bauer, foreshadows what will happen to Joseph towards the end of the book. The author suggests that Joseph too will evolve from a caterpillar into a moth because there will be events in his life which will change him dramatically. He also suggests that in three short weeks Joseph's old ideas about people and about himself will lie like a discarded skin at his feet and that even though his appearance on the outside will not have changed he will be as different from his present self as a moth is from a caterpillar.
The striking thing about the Running Man's eyes is the unnamed sorrow they contain as they gaze widely at Joseph. Joseph feels surprised by the emotions he finds in the Running Man's eyes because he expected to be filled with wonder and surprise instead. When Joseph recalls the details of that moment he immediately thinks of the way the Running Man's eyes looked; it was as if they had been scalded by some fearful image of the past and the present world appeared only as shadowy shapes moving behind a dark and heavy curtain. The eyes of Tom Leyton are filled with the same kind of sorrow. A line from the silkworm poem echoes in Joseph's mind as he ponders about this: "Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell".
2. Why is Joseph so surprised that the Running Man knows the poem? (pp.165-6) In what way had the Running Man "escaped the box that Joseph had put him in"?
Joseph is surprised that the Running Man knows the poem because the real Running Man is different from Joseph’s preconceived image of him. In Joseph's mind, it is not possible for the Running Man to know such a poem. The Running Man that Joseph imagines has never been to school. The thought of the Running Man going to school, like any other child, bewilders Joseph because the Running Man has always been a shadowy figure fleeting through the edges of his world. Now, because Joseph hears the Running Man recite the words of the silkworm poem, everything changes. Now, Joseph can set the Running Man free from the box into which he had put him. From this event, Joseph learns that people may not be what they seem to be and that perhaps he is only seeing one side of the Running Man. Tom Leyton suggests that the Running Man may be trapped within his problems and they have eventually become a part of him, a part which he cannot escape.
3. What does the story of the foolish son and the maze indicate about Tom Leyton's view on life? (pp.168-72)
The story of the foolish son and the maze indicates that Tom Leyton always thinks about the negative aspects of life and never the positive ones. Tom reflects on the lessons he has learnt during the Vietnam War. He tries to teach Joseph those lessons. Tom says, that if something bad happens to you in life, it can change you into a totally different person. He says that there is always something worse that can happen in life so be grateful for what you have now.
4. How does the end of this chapter build interest and suspense for the reader? (p.175)
The end of this chapter builds interest and suspense for the reader as the author, Michael Gerard Bauer, foreshadows what will happen to Joseph towards the end of the book. The author suggests that Joseph too will evolve from a caterpillar into a moth because there will be events in his life which will change him dramatically. He also suggests that in three short weeks Joseph's old ideas about people and about himself will lie like a discarded skin at his feet and that even though his appearance on the outside will not have changed he will be as different from his present self as a moth is from a caterpillar.
3 comments:
This is really helpful!
please add the other chapters so i can do my homework
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