1. P. 475. Why does Dennis wonder if it was poor
judgement to have brought his girlfriend Sarah?
2. p. 477. Why does the sight of the “solitary grower in
the field” prompt Dennis to reflect on his own life? [Read last 2 graphs of Sunday]
3. p. 482 Any significance of parrot
screaming after Dot saying people have to be more careful re: talking about
their political affiliations in this country than they do at home?
4. p.484. Why does the owner of La
Marquesa “smile with hatred” when he says he doesn’t know what the poor are
eating now that the price of beans has doubled.
5. p.485. Why does Sarah ask Dennis, “Don’t you like me
… why did you have to trot out my credentials for the McGees”? What are the credentials? Dennis then says, “I’d only been trying to provide her with an
excuse not to see them.” Can anyone explain
this?
6. p. 486. Does Sarah give respectability to Dennis?
7. p. 488. “What does the expression “persecuting
loveliness” mean?
8. p.488 Why would it be “morally
reprehensible not to enjoy possibly the most lavish Easter celebration in the
whole of the New World?"
9. p.492. Why does Dot say, “they’re not
interested in the Resurrection at all, really. Today and tomorrow are the big
days. The Crucifixion is the part of it
they all relate to.”
10.p.496. Read 5 paragraphs after “Next
to me Sarah picked up a wobbly child who was steadying himself against her
knees.” (Including crucifixion pronouncement).
11.p.497 and following pages (Maundy
Saturday). Any comments on the exchange between
Curtis Finley and Clifford McGee (p.498)? The De Léons dinner party and the
story of their son Rubén who had been involved in left-wing student politics
(p505)
12.Take a look at last 3 paragraphs on
p.507. Does it give a satisfactory summation
of the story?
