2. The main character is _______________ whose own experiences during the holocaust have left him, like many others, with a strong sense of despair and self-loathing.

3. What is the nurse's response?

4. What happens moments later?

5. What is odd about the protagonist's comment about already knowing Kathleen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memory does he then recall?

2. What happens once the protagonist is admitted into the hospital?

3. What does the protagonist tell the stranger? How does the stranger respond?

4. To whom does he run in this memory? What does this person do?

5. How does the scene end?

6. What happens when the protagonist tries to eat a hamburger?

7. Describe the scene between the protagonist and the stranger.

8. Of what does this insatiable feeling remind him?

9. How does this section begin?

10. To what does the title refer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gyula destroys the portrait.

Part 1) Why does he destroy it? Does this help the main character? Why or why not?

Part 2) Would this tactic work with anyone suffering in the same way as the main character? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why does Gyula leave the ashes sitting in a pile? How do they affect the protagonist? Why do they affect him this way?

Essay Topic 2

The cab accident acts as a catalyst.

Part 1) How does it act as a catalyst?

Part 2) What does the protagonist learn about himself through this accident?

Part 3) How has the protagonist changed because of this accident? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Paul Russel is a pivotal character in the story.

Part 1) Why is he a pivotal character?

Part 2) How does the protagonist interact with him? Why?

Part 3) How, in a sense, are the doctor/patient roles reversed?

(see the answer keys)

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