Anderson Study Questions

 “The Book of the Grotesque,” 1418-19

A.  What does the writer gain from the experience with the carpenter?

B.  How are humans, truths, and grotesqueness related?

C.  How are virginity, honesty, fidelity, etc., grotesque?

“Adventure,” 1419-23

A.  What truths are the subject of the story?

B.  How do Alice and Ned make them grotesque?

C.  How do grotesques keep people from happiness?

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