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1. Consider titles of the novel, sections, and chapters. How do the titles help to establish the frame of the story?

The titles help to establish the frame of the story by showing the importance of the main character, Jaromil. The chapter titles, which are simply chronological numbers, have no significance. Every section title, by contrast, is about Jaromil and some phase of his life. Even the short section near the end, which focuses on the middle-aged man and the girl, does not stray far from Jaromil's life. Yet the section titles are contradicted by the novel's title, which tries to shift attention to another, an unknown place. This fully represents the struggle in Jaromil's life. Though he is egocentric, he thinks life must be elsewhere, and so he longs to be in another place. The titles accurately capture the personality and the struggle of the main character.

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