ENGL 1101 Lecture 1: English 1080 short story summary

• School: Memorial University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 1101
• Professor: Denyse Lynde

Document Summary

The narrator, an unnamed boy, describes the north dublin street on which his house is located. He thinks about the priest who died in the house before his family moved in and the games that he and his friends played in the street. The siste(cid:396) often comes to the front of their house to call the brother, a moment that the narrator savors. E(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) da(cid:455) (cid:271)egi(cid:374)s fo(cid:396) this (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ato(cid:396) (cid:449)ith su(cid:272)h gli(cid:373)pses of ma(cid:374)ga(cid:374)"s siste(cid:396). He pla(cid:272)es hi(cid:373)self i(cid:374) the front room of his house so he can see her leave her house, and then he rushes out to walk behi(cid:374)d he(cid:396) (cid:395)uietl(cid:455) u(cid:374)til fi(cid:374)all(cid:455) passi(cid:374)g he(cid:396). The (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ato(cid:396) a(cid:374)d ma(cid:374)ga(cid:374)"s siste(cid:396) talk little, (cid:271)ut she is always in his thoughts. O(cid:374)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, ma(cid:374)ga(cid:374)"s siste(cid:396) asks the (cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:396)ato(cid:396) if he pla(cid:374)s to go to a(cid:396)a(cid:271)(cid:455), a du(cid:271)li(cid:374) bazaar. She notes that she cannot attend, as she has already committed to attend a retreat with her school.