b. The point of view is in third person and this impacts the story because you understand how David’s mother and grandmother feel and think.
c. David’s dilemma is his misconception of heaven and Jesus. He is constantly changing his perspective on the world and he also has individual changes.
d. Young, Fearful, Perplexed
e. Nature-loving, Assertive, Confident
f. Logical, Supporter, Rational
g. Updike uses the dead pigeons as a symbol to create meaning by having David compare his perspective on the world to the meaning of life.
h. The characters are symbolic such as David’s father represents the perspective of science and David’s