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How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again
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Joyce Carol Oates
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How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction and Began My Life Over Again Questions and Answers
How does the writing style help explain the story to the reader? If not, how could it be changed?
In "How I Contemplated the World," what is Oates saying about the upper middle class suburban life?
How does the concept of “weather” connect the character Simon to the city of Detroit? How do both Simon and Detroit affect the narrator with their “weather”?
In "How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Correction," what is the effect of nonchronological progression in the story?