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1. What is one theme represented within one of the three quotes within the Epigraph section?

A theme that is demonstrated quite heavily within the quote from Andre Dubus’s story “Dancing After Hours” is altruism. The excerpt describes the act of returning one’s shopping cart to the front of the store, rather than adding it to the burden shouldered by the cart collector, as an act of “joining the world” (vii).

2. What is the setting of the Prologue?

The setting of the Prologue is a "Hipster Bar" (8) in Brooklyn called St. Mazie's. Eddie sits at the bar and talks to the bartender and to those around him, none of whom seem to pay him much attention.

3. What does Eddie do for a living?

Eddie is described in the character notes as an unemployed truck driver. Within his monologue of sorts in the bar, he describes liking the beautiful scenery, especially in Utah, though he laments the loneliness of the job.

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