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Questions and Answers
What did the protagonist realise about his family when the chickens died?
What did the protagonist's sister do to help him with the chickens?
What did the protagonist learn from his experience with the chickens?
Study Notes
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One of my most potent teenage memories is of taking charge of some sick chickens on our family farm.
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I built them a special pen, and spent my spare time feeding them.
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When I told my dad they had all died, I realised he had known this would happen, and that he would not have let my brother, a trainee farmer, persist in such a sentimental illusion.
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In short, it meant that everyone had realised before I did that I'd never make a farmer.
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Did my brother, father or mother remember the chickens as a major turning- point, too? No: they did not remember them at all.
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The only person who did was my sister. She had helped me with them herself — only for me, in my self-absorption, to subsequently forget about her.
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I soon realised how separate we all are, and that you can only ever tell your own story.
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Test your memory of the teenage farm experience involving taking care of sick chickens and realizing personal limitations. Explore the themes of family, self-awareness, and individual storytelling.
