1. How was Marine's death ironic?
2. What is the symbolism behind the violet shirt and sweater she left in the car.
3. What is the significance of Marine's dream on page 95.
4. Explain the significance of the following passage, "The young live absolutely in the present, but a present of drama and recklessness, of acting on urges and running with the pack." (108)
5. Explain the importance of the following simile, "she had fingers like birthday candles."
6. Compare and contrast The Clash lyrics, "A nuclear error but I have no fear cause London is drowning and and I—I live by the river." with the phrase by Nuclear Freeze activist, "The living will envy the dead." How are they symbolic to Marine's death?
7.Explain how the author combines imagery and grotesque in the following passage, "She had fingers like birthday candles, and she was proud of their calluses and of playing until they bled." (95)
8. Analyze the relationship between the older musician and Marine.
9. Explain the symbolism behind the characteristics the older musician uses to describe Marine on page 98.
10. Explain how synecdoche plays a role in the following passage, "Then I thought of Marine's death as the end of my youth because it signaled the end of my connection that underworld, but it might instead have been cause death became real," (106-107)
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