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Myrna 2022-01-12 08:01:36

The silence

protagonist:
female translator,
boy,
young boy,
servant,
dwarf,

plot:
1. Go out together, translator is sick
2. The boy takes a bath with his mother, and then sleeps naked?
3. The mother went out to play, the boy met the dwarf and the servant
4. The servant took care of the interpreter, and the little boy came back
5. The boy’s mother went out and messed up and was bumped into by the boy, called the interpreter, and quarreled.
6. Everyone separated, the boy received a letter

questioning: (I didn't understand it at all)
1. What does the female translator's illness symbolize?
2. What does the little boy symbolize?
3. Why do women mess around?
4. What is the meaning of a servant?
5. What does the dwarf symbolize?
6. What does it symbolize that a little boy and his mother sleep naked.
7. Why does a boy’s mother like to go out?
8. What does the boy's duvet cover symbolize?
9. What does the tank symbolize?
10. What is the last sentence?
11.

Big question:
1. What is silence?
2. Why is there such a strong conflict between translators and women?

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Extended Reading

The Silence quotes

  • Anna: I went to the cinema and sat in a box at the back. A man and a woman made love right in front of me. When they were finished, they left. A man came in, someone I'd met at the bar. He sat down next to me and started stroking my thighs. Then we had intercourse on the floor. That's how my dress got dirty.

    Ester: Is that true?

    Anna: Why would I lie?

    Ester: Right. Why would you?

    Anna: It so happens that I was lying.

    Ester: It doesn't matter.

    Anna: I sat and watched that couple make love. Then I went to the bar and this man left with me. I didn't know where to go, so we went into a church. We had intercourse in a dark corner behind some pillars. It was cooler there.

    Ester: I see.

    Anna: This time I'll make sure I get my clothes off first.

  • Anna: How nice that we don't understand each other.