Problem
Read "Walker Brothers Cowboy," Vol. 2, p. 1476-1486. Review the "Critical Reading Skills" section of the W1 Literary Analysis Tools module. Perform a close reading of these two paragraphs from "Walker Brothers Cowboy" in Volume 2 of your textbook: The first full paragraph on p. 1478, which begins "In the afternoons she often walks to Simon's Grocery..." and the first paragraph on p. 1479, which begins "What is there about us that people need to be given a rest from?" You may find it helpful to annotate or take notes.
Respond to the following questions in your post, giving examples of tone and diction to support your answers:
1. What do these paragraphs reveal about the narrator's relationships with her parents?
2. How do these two paragraphs reveal the narrator's feelings about those relationships?