COM 102 – “Waiting in Line at the Drugstore”
1. About what year(s) do you think the events described in this essay actually happened?
2. Describe the drugstore in this essay. How is it similar or different from drugstores you have been in?
3. Jackson says that, after a year or so of waiting in line, “something strange happened: my waiting time got shorter and shorter each morning” (p. 24). Why do you think that happened?
4. At the end of the essay, Jackson says, “I keep wondering: which way would I have gone had I not waited [at the drugstore]?” (p. 24). Do you think his life really would have been different if he had not discovered the lending library at the drugstore? Why or why not?
5. Can you find any similarities between the experiences of the authors of this essay and “The School Days of an Indian Girl”?
COM 102 – “Waiting in Line at the Drugstore”
1. About what year(s) do you think the events described in this essay actually happened?
2 Describe the drugstore in this essay. How is it similar or different from drugstores you have been in?
3. Jackson says that, after a year or so of waiting in line, “something strange happened: my waiting time got shorter and shorter each morning” (p. 24). Why do you think that happened?
4. At the end of the essay, Jackson says, “I keep wondering: which way would I have gone had I not waited [at the drugstore]?” (p. 24). Do you think his life really would have been different if he had not discovered the lending library at the drugstore? Why or why not?
5. Can you find any similarities between the experiences of the authors of this essay and “The School Days of an Indian Girl”?