Comments-
1. One enterprising American reporter in Moscow, making inquires about Zinka among dance people there, made the unkind discovery that Zinka was now, as she claimed, only twenty-three years old.
2. “Likes and dislikes have nothing to do with it,” says Bokonon-an easy warning to forget.
3. “The man was a force of nature no mortal could possibly control.”
4. “So I had a night to kill in Ilium. I was already in the beginning and end of night life in Ilium.”
5. “As things turned out, we both overestimated out apathies, but not by much.”
Questions-
1. Who was Zinka and what was her significance?
2. What made Newton want to be with a 42 year old midget?
3. Why did the residents of Ilium think the children were peculiar?
4. What made Dr. Breed dislike the author?
Vocabulary-
1. Unobtainable-not capable of being obtained
2. Perversions-the act of perverting
3. Sneered-to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt
Literary Terms-
1. Setting-Ilium, NY
2. Exposition-the author visits Iloium and spendsa night there
Outline-
1. Newton makes the headlines with his new 42 year old girlfriend named Zinka, who is a midget, she is also from Moscow. She seeks assylum, then decides Americans are too materialistic.
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