• Is there any significance in Lord’s narrative taking place during the Independence Day holiday? Why or Why not?
  • Ehrenreich uses comparisons in several places. How does this practice help to move the narrative along?
  • Why does Hughes start crying at the end of the story?
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  • Was he really ready to be saved? 
  • How does his aunt describe what it is like to be saved? What do you think the author’s overall point is in this story?