1. Who is the narrator in this story? How does it contribute to the story?

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2. Why does the main character’s father pretend to be a monkey on pg 29? What is the tone of the narrator while he observes this?

 

3. How does the narrator’s focus on his father change the story? Why do you think the author chose to view the father from a third person perspective as opposed to a first person?

 

4. What do the tangerines that the father eats symbolize? Why does the father always save the peels?