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The Box Man - AP Lang

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What motive drove the narrator to will the Box Man towards the cardboard cartons?

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Compare and contrast the living conditions and intentions of The Boxcar Children with those of the Box Man. How do their choices reflect their perspectives on life?

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What stroke of good fortune occurred for the Box Man at the beginning of the story?

The night watchman left the door open

He found a cardboard box

He discovered a plastic Dellwood box

He won the lottery

The Box Man appears headless due to the height of his collar.

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What will she do with the rest of the night?

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When she rides the buses on her Senior Citizen pass, does she go anywhere or wait for something to happen?

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Could one do worse than be a collector of boxes?

Does she have any children who live far away and prefer not to visit?

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Did she work as a secretary for forty years in a downtown office?

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Does she receive a Christmas card each year from her ex-boss?

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Does she watch game shows?

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Does she have a niece like the one in Cynthia Ozick’s story “Rosa,” who sends enough money to keep her aunt at a distance?

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Is there a lady across the way whose lights and television stay on all night?

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Does this lady have a plethora of plants – African violets, a Ficus tree, a palm, and geraniums in season – that she waters?

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Does the Box Man prefer to move in darkness and likes it that way?

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Is the Box Man not waiting for the phone to ring or an engraved invitation to arrive in the mail?

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Does the Box Man believe that loneliness chosen loses its sting and claims no victims?

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Do we all secretly know that, although we long for perfect harmony and communion with another soul, this is a solo voyage?

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Is the first half of our lives spent stubbornly denying that we are on a solo voyage?

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As children, do we soon learn from the blank stares in response to our babblings that even our saviors, our parents, are strangers?

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In adolescence, do we begin the quest for the best friend who will receive all thoughts as if they were her own?

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Although true love may find many ways, is there no escape from exile?

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Are the shores littered with outcasts from the dream of perfect understanding, such as Annas, Ophelias, Emmas, and Juliets?

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Might we as well draw the night around us and find solace there and a friend in our own voice?

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