How is Jane Smiley’s piece both similar to and different from an obituary?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: How is Jane Smiley’s piece both similar to and different from an obituary?
How does Smiley establish ethos?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: How does Smiley establish ethos?
Why do you think Smiley uses the personal pronoun in paragraph 4?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: Why do you think Smiley uses the personal pronoun in paragraph 4?
Why do you think Smiley provides anatomical information about horses in paragraph 5? What is the effect of that information?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: Why do you think Smiley provides anatomical information about horses in paragraph 5? What is the effect of that information?
What do you think Smiley means by “the paradox of racing” (para. 10)?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: What do you think Smiley means by “the paradox of racing” (para. 10)?
What purpose do the rhetorical questions in paragraphs 12 and 14 serve?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: What purpose do the rhetorical questions in paragraphs 12 and 14 serve?
To whom does Smiley seem to be responding in paragraph 14? What issue might she be commenting on when she says “to those who don’t care about horses”?
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: To whom does Smiley seem to be responding in paragraph 14? What issue might she be commenting on when she says “to those who don’t care about horses”?
Is Smiley convincing when she says she knows what a horse is thinking: “a thoroughbred loves to run” (para. 15)? Explain your answer.
Chapter 9 - Barbaro, The Heart in the Winner’s Circle - Exploring the Text: Is Smiley convincing when she says she knows what a horse is thinking: “a thoroughbred loves to run” (para. 15)? Explain your answer.