Quote: Chapter 1, Page 1
"If you really want to hear about it, the first first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield type crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Response:
These are the book's opening lines. They reveal a lot about what is to come. First of all, you learn that the book is written in the first person, and it seems like it is going to be some sort of an autobiography (we know this because he tells us exactly the opposite). You also see that the narrator has a strong voice; he says "David Copperfield" type crap in the first sentence. He states his opinion, and tells us what he will and will not do. The writing style makes it seems realistic. It really sounds like a sixteen year old kid talking.
"If you really want to hear about it, the first first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield type crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth."
Response:
These are the book's opening lines. They reveal a lot about what is to come. First of all, you learn that the book is written in the first person, and it seems like it is going to be some sort of an autobiography (we know this because he tells us exactly the opposite). You also see that the narrator has a strong voice; he says "David Copperfield" type crap in the first sentence. He states his opinion, and tells us what he will and will not do. The writing style makes it seems realistic. It really sounds like a sixteen year old kid talking.
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