![]() ![]() ![]() Celebrated fellow writer Richard Russo describes Townie as a "meditation on violence." In what way is that so? What did you find most impressive or moving about Dubus's descriptions of violence in the book? What are its "terrifying pleasures"?.Why does the young Dubus "like" what he sees in the school fight he witnessed at the age of twelve: "I liked seeing the blood spattering across his nose and mouth and chin, and I especially liked how tightly his eyes were shut against the fear, and the pain.".Although Andre's father was a writer known for the insight and empathy expressed in his fiction, he seems clueless about his children's day-to-day suffering.Why does Dubus begin his story with this particular event? What do we learn from this scene alone about Dubus's life? Although the chronology of Dubus's memoir spans his life from young childhood until 1999, Townie opens with a vignette from his adolescence, in which he goes long-distance running with his father. ![]()
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