Border and Gap

Border: 1. Why does the novel start the way it does?The author rambles for several pages at the beginning of the novel. He seems to try to write a journal. He just talks about what he is thinking at the moment. Some seem to have no relation with the whole story. In these pages, he tells readers who he is and his relationship with his father. He starts with a question which can draw attention from readers.

2. Why he use French in the novel? I think it doesn’t matter if he writes in English.

3. Page nine, I do not understand the massage and where the massage comes from.

Gap:

1. Page five, “Succotash my Balzac, dipshiitake.” These words are very strange.

2. Page 16-17. The author does not divide the writing into paragraphs. I guess it is because he is too upset to talk.

3. Page 19-27. He writes only one sentence on each page. I think he wants to show his grief.