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Julio Cortazar: Short Stories Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for Julio Cortazar: Short Stories is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
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Irene never bothered anyone.
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By loading the beginning of the story with such explicit musings on the art and craft of writing and the function of storytelling, Cortázar bares his themes for the reader to plainly see. Perspective is an important theme of "Blow-Up," as is...
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From the first few paragraph's, we can infer that the house is a great family home, passed down from one generation to the next. It is old, well constructed, and spacious.
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