3 Matching Annotations
- Oct 2024
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"How you been keeping?" he asked me.
A lot of times siblings say more informal things to each other so it was nice to see the author convey that here and show what the relationship between two siblings is like.
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A teacher passed through them every now and again, quickly, as though he or she couldn't wait to get out of that courtyard, to get those boys out of their sight and off their minds.
I think a lot of times students assume that teachers don't want to be there when they themselves don't like school much so I wonder if this is what the author was trying to convey?
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I read about it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn't believe it, and I read it again.
The use of repetition here, I think, is a really good way to start the passage because it sets the reader up for how the main character is as a person.
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