Using the book Shifting Loyalties by Daniel Cano, answer the following questions:
NOTE: each answer should be approximately 2 paragraphs in length (about 5-6 sentences each)
Chapter: “Blind in Granada”
What is the significance of the Gypsies? What is it about them that appeals so much to Magan?
Chapter:”Somewhere Outside Duc Pho”
1. In “Somewhere Outside Duc Pho,” David describes his war experiences to his wife Luz. Luz suggests that David go to counseling to help cope with is losses during the war. She accuses David of “running” from rather than dealing with his past. He replies: “Life is like a story, each incident another chapter, each person another character. And I’m a part of that story, sometimes fiction, sometimes reality. Maybe that’s why you’ve been in therapy for the past twenty years, because you stopped believing in stories. You’re caught in facts” (74). Luz tells him: “Stories are, are… unreliable.” David responds, “That’s the point. Everyting is unreliable. There is no truth, no reality.” David tells her that stories help him get through difficult moments: “Especially when I feel myself weaken, and I have no answers. Jesse Pena …”(74). Describe what David means when he says that stories are critical to helping him cope with his losses. In other words, why are stories so important to David and his healing process? Why does he then refer to Jesse Pena? What is the significance of the story about Jesse’s disappearance?
CHAPTER: “Rubber Man” and “The Gardner’s Sons”
1. What is the purpose of the “Rubber Man” chapter? What does it reveal about the nature of warfare and killing? What does this chapter reveal about Wayne, David, and Danny?
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