... Ezra Pound (he survived) or potential painters like...
Picasso (so did he). The writer blamed generals like
Earl Haig of Britain and
Joffre of France for mismanaging the war. He said that they "exacerbated" it (what does this mean?) and that the press were "compliant" (in what way?)We then read chapter 7 of "PP" in which we noticed that time has passed and Barnaby is very very keen on Sophia. Find a quotation to illustrate this and post it in a comment.
Barnaby likes Sophia for her organisational skills; she likes him for... what?
Sophia meets the Kazmerow grandparents. What do we discover that Barnaby and his mother have in common?
Later, his clients are getting ill, dying or at least tidying up in case they die. Even Maud May, his "Tallulah" client, has broken her hip.
She presumably reminds him of Talullah Bankhead. Sophia wangles a meeting between her mother and Barnaby. What is her mother's reaction? How does Sophia behave? Why, do you think?
Post a comment answering at least one of the questions/requests for quotation above.
Homework - the rest of the Butte questions.
3 comments:
When they visit, Sophia's mother pretty much ignores Barnaby, until Sophia mentions that he is "an important part" of her life. Sophia acts as though she had rushed into the relationship with Barnaby and it had been a "pickup." She may have done this because her mother is very authoratative? (probably not the right word)
Matt
Exacerbated - to make something worse.
"She probably weighed more than I did, but I found this sexy" - Before, Sophia's weight was described in less than favourable terms, but now Barnaby finds this attractive. She likes him because he is the complete opposite of her; a bit of a tearaway, compared to her prim-and-proper life.
Both Barnaby and his mother are intelligent.
Her mother isn't very impressed with Barnaby, especially when Sophia actually makes him sound worse than he actually is to wind up her mother, who is overbearing and controlling.
-Chris
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