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Assignment to Chapter 2: Concerning Fathers

1. Find answers to the following questions.
1. What does Bobby find in the man’s pocket?
2. Who is the photo of?
3. What does Bobby begin to worry about?
4. Who comes to aid Bobby?
5. Who is the man?
6. Does Bobby make it to the service?
7. What does Bobby tell his father?
8. His father gets upset with him and says “…everything, however
solemn, however sacred, is merely a joke to your generation” (p.
11). Is this true for Bobby? Or did he joke because he felt bad
about it?

2. Pay attention to the following notes to understand the text better.
 Apologetically (p. 8): to make an expression of apology, regret for
an action
 Haunting (p. 8): to linger in the mind
 Arresting…beauty (p. 8): very impressive, to catch the attention of
 Circumstances (p. 8): physical event or series of events
 Nervous temperament (p. 8): nervous personality or way of
thinking
 Fusser (p. 8): someone who bothers with
 Sacrifice (p. 9): to give up something of value for something else
 Generation (p. 11): group of individuals born and living at the
same time

3. Make sure to know the following items:
an exasperation, a mingled affection, precipitous, deplorable, a
callousness, impenitent.

4. Find the English equivalents. Use them in your own sentences or in their
context: