PART ONE: Toronto and Pondicherry CHAPTER 1 VOCABULARY acuity sharpness – agnostics people who do not believe it is possible to know whether God exists – blanched turned pale – cosmogony a model of the origin or creation of the universe – elicited drew out or evoked – indolence laziness – intriguing arousing curiosity; fascinating – Kabbalist a person who studies a form of mystical Judaism – repose rest – trifling insignificant – What we can determine about Mr. Patel from his tone? What were Mr. two majors in college? What connection does he make Patel’s between the two? Near the end of this chapter, the story makes an abrupt change. We started the chapter with the narrator talking about his love of animals and his personal beliefs about God. At the end of the chapter, however, he begins talking about doctors, nurses, and his medical health. What do you think the author is trying to convey here? What can we infer about the narrator so far?
PART ONE: Toronto and Pondicherry CHAPTER 1 VOCABULARY acuity – sharpness agnostics – people who do not believe it is possible to know whether God exists blanched – turned pale cosmogony – a model of the origin or creation of the universe elicited – drew out or evoked indolence – laziness intriguing – arousing curiosity; fascinating Kabbalist – a person who studies a form of mystical Judaism repose – rest trifling – insignificant What we can determine about Mr. Patel from his tone? What were Mr. Patel’s two majors in college? What connection does he make between the two? Near the end of this chapter, the story makes an abrupt change. We started the chapter with the narrator talking about his love of animals and his personal beliefs about God. At the end of the chapter, however, he begins talking about doctors, nurses, and his medical health. What do you think the author is trying to convey here? What can we infer about the narrator so far?