1.) On page 25, Vincent talks about her first meeting with Jim, the bowling team captain, and the handshake they share: "From the outside, this ritual had always seemed overdone to me. Why all the macho ceremony? But from the inside it was completely different. There was something so warm and bonded in this handshake. Receiving it was a rush, an instant inclusion in a camaraderie that felt very old and practiced." Do male handshakes really mean thi smuch or do you think it was the sense of relief at not being caught that flowed over her?
- If you're meeting someone important or if you're trying to make a connection, then the handshake means a lot, but if its after a sports game or meeting someone you'll probably never see again, it doesn't really mean anything.
2.)On page 32 Vincent says: "Exposing my own prejudices, I had expected these guest to be filled with virulent hatered for anyone who wasn't like them, taking their turn to dkick the next guy down. But the only consistent dislike I ever saw in them was for comparatively wealthy clients..." This seems to be dramatically different from things we hear from many guys our age, why do you think this is?
- Jim, Allen, and Bob all seem like very simple guys, so maybe they actually don't care about anyone else.
-They seem like they have experienced a lot so they can't really judge anyone else.
3.)Page 53: "I guess in me he'd found a 'guy' friend who could understand his foulest thought and impulses...not only because he thought of me as part man, but also because as a woman I'd told him my black thoughts, too." Many people insist that men and woman can't be "just friends." Do you think it's because of the sexual tension Vincent mentions earlier in the chapter or just psychological thing? Are Vincent and Jim such close friends because she's gay?
- A lot of it is sexual tension
- If he met her initially as Norah, they wouldn't be as close of friends
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