Stop Ordering Me Around
1 How does the opening narrative set the scene? Where else in the essay do you find references to that narrative? Do they unify the essay or distract you? Why?
A: The opening part unfolds the scene in which a tennis player tormented the narrator by extending the meal after the closing time. I find references to that in paragraph 6 and 10. They help unify the essay by reminding readers the scene at the very beginning again and again.
2. At what point in the essay does the author move from the particular to the general? Which gets the most emphasis?
A: The author moves from the particular to the general right from the beginning of paragraph 7. The prejudice toward food service positions and the low social stratum of them gets the most emphasis.
3. Reexamine the essay as one that poses a problem and a solution. What is the problem? The solution?
A: The problem is the common social prejudice against the food-service job and the consequent indecent behavior while eating out. The solution is to step down from spurious pedestals and pay waiters and waitresses respect.
4. To what extent does Wilkins' experience coincide with your own? That of your friends?
A: Nothing occurs to me.
5. Where do you find Wilkins' thesis? Explain whether you find that placement effective.
A: At the end of the essay. It acts as the conclusion and the good wish for the occupation.
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