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If the narrator was a man, he would want to be ______.
If the narrator was a man, he would want to be ______.
in it
Jim decided he ought to visit for Clancy's sake, suggesting he felt some degree of ______ for Clancy.
Jim decided he ought to visit for Clancy's sake, suggesting he felt some degree of ______ for Clancy.
responsibility
The narrator mentions that 'Even in the thick of the fighting, there were ______.'
The narrator mentions that 'Even in the thick of the fighting, there were ______.'
birds
The narrator describes Clancy as someone with whom 'everything seemed like an ______.'
The narrator describes Clancy as someone with whom 'everything seemed like an ______.'
The narrator describes the earth as 'one vast rag and ______ shop.'
The narrator describes the earth as 'one vast rag and ______ shop.'
The characters in the story 'had fallen into a dark pocket and there was no ______.'
The characters in the story 'had fallen into a dark pocket and there was no ______.'
The phrase 'More and more ______ to keep it running' implies a continuous and perhaps desperate need for resources or energy.
The phrase 'More and more ______ to keep it running' implies a continuous and perhaps desperate need for resources or energy.
The statement that 'the war just ______ him' suggests that the war had minimal impact on a particular person.
The statement that 'the war just ______ him' suggests that the war had minimal impact on a particular person.
After being outside for the first time since he was a kid, the narrator ______.
After being outside for the first time since he was a kid, the narrator ______.
The observation that the narrator 'no longer felt anything at all' suggests a state of emotional ______.
The observation that the narrator 'no longer felt anything at all' suggests a state of emotional ______.
Flashcards
The earth was one vast rag and bone shop
The earth was one vast rag and bone shop
A metaphor for the world, suggesting it's a place filled with discarded and broken things.
"he no longo felt anything at all"
"he no longo felt anything at all"
Indicates a loss of emotion or empathy, often as a result of trauma or repeated exposure to difficult situations.
"They had fallen into a dark pocket and there was no escape"
"They had fallen into a dark pocket and there was no escape"
Suggests a sense of being trapped or stuck in a negative situation with no way out.
"The war just touched him"
"The war just touched him"
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Study Notes
- A man states if he were a man, he would want to be in it, referring to an unnamed situation or group.
- The man had stories about each of the women on his list.
- The man was an electrician by trade.
- Clancy is portrayed as the opposite of the electrician.
- Jim decides to visit for Clancy's sake.
- Clancy is covered in blood and a strange slime, which is unrelated to new life.
- Someone states that there is more and more blood to keep it running.
- Someone has stopped being scared of the dead.
- Someone no longer feels anything at all.
- Even in the thick of fighting, there were birds present.
- Someone cried outside for the first time since he was a kid.
- With Clancy, everything seemed like an adventure.
- The earth is described as one vast rag and bone shop.
- They had fallen into a dark pocket with no escape.
- The war just touched someone.
- Someone would slide with the rest down into the pit.
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