Please read 98 - 131 respond to the following prompts or questions. Use quotes when stipulated.
1. How does the reader see poverty through simple details on pg. 98? Cite 3
2. Whose memories does Veronica steal on pg. 99?
3. How does the reader know Veronica and the kids have gone to Ada's before? (100)
4. Give the names of three horses on pg. 108. Where are they? What are they doing?
5. "...every choice is fatal" (110). Why is this so true?
6. We get an example of kitsch vs. reality on pg. 111. Cite and explain.
7. Cite an example of interesting syntax on pg. 114.
8. "...false intensities" are mentioned on 120. Have you ever experienced a false intensity? I've never heard the expression but it says so much about so many of our experiences.
9. On 121 we see Liam never finding a home. Find a quote to support this idea.
10. Why do Liam and Veronica's paths diverge? Think of lifestyle. (123)
11. How is Liam summed up on pg. 124?
12. How is our narrator like St. Veronica?
13. What was St. Dympna the saint of? Why? (128)
14. There are some excellent bits of Ireland and Irish Language. Please look up the following:
a. "drab days of Lent" (105)
b. Guiness (107)
c. "happy as Larry" (113)
d. "biro" (114)
e. "red lemonade" (116)
f. "chunter" (125)
1. How does the reader see poverty through simple details on pg. 98? Cite 3
2. Whose memories does Veronica steal on pg. 99?
3. How does the reader know Veronica and the kids have gone to Ada's before? (100)
4. Give the names of three horses on pg. 108. Where are they? What are they doing?
5. "...every choice is fatal" (110). Why is this so true?
6. We get an example of kitsch vs. reality on pg. 111. Cite and explain.
7. Cite an example of interesting syntax on pg. 114.
8. "...false intensities" are mentioned on 120. Have you ever experienced a false intensity? I've never heard the expression but it says so much about so many of our experiences.
9. On 121 we see Liam never finding a home. Find a quote to support this idea.
10. Why do Liam and Veronica's paths diverge? Think of lifestyle. (123)
11. How is Liam summed up on pg. 124?
12. How is our narrator like St. Veronica?
13. What was St. Dympna the saint of? Why? (128)
14. There are some excellent bits of Ireland and Irish Language. Please look up the following:
a. "drab days of Lent" (105)
b. Guiness (107)
c. "happy as Larry" (113)
d. "biro" (114)
e. "red lemonade" (116)
f. "chunter" (125)
