1)Throughout the story there are many references to different words in the Spanish language, what do you think is the significance of the use of these words in the story?
2)When the narrator comes down to eat he knows that Roberto, “ was not going to school today… [ he] would not go till the cotton season was over” (261). What message do you think that the narrator is trying to send to the reader through Roberto not being able to attend school for a large time period?
3)Why do you think Mama liked the pot more with every drop or dent it acquired? What do you think the pot symbolizes?
4)What do you think is the true message the author is trying to convey in the short story, “The Circuit”?
5) What do you think the last line of the story reveals
2)When the narrator comes down to eat he knows that Roberto, “ was not going to school today… [ he] would not go till the cotton season was over” (261). What message do you think that the narrator is trying to send to the reader through Roberto not being able to attend school for a large time period?
3)Why do you think Mama liked the pot more with every drop or dent it acquired? What do you think the pot symbolizes?
4)What do you think is the true message the author is trying to convey in the short story, “The Circuit”?
5) What do you think the last line of the story reveals