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1. What is the picture of at the beginning of Chapter One? What does this image illustrate for the reader?
At the beginning of Chapter One is a picture of the accordion that is pulled in front of an elevator. This image foreshadows for the reader the end of Chapter One, where Will gets into the elevator to avenge his brother, and also situates the reader into the location of the action taking place.
2. What does Will insist to the reader directly after he introduces himself in the beginning of Chapter One? Why does he say he does this?
Will insists to the reader after he introduces himself in Chapter One that the story he is going to tell is true, even if the reader thinks he is making it up or “losing it” (1,2). He insists that this happened to him. He says he is saying this because “don’t nobody believe nothing these days” (1-2).
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