1. Why is the stranger standing in the hardware store doorway?
He's keeping an appointment made twenty years ago. |
They were raised together like brothers. |
on a New York street around 10 p.m. |
his old friend Jimmy |
to see how each of them had fared in life |
Jimmy Wells |
7. Why do you think the author used the sentence, "His scarf pin was a large diamond, oddly set"? What does this imply?
This imply that one of them is having a great job because of the description of the diamond.
8.What does the name "Silky" Bob imply about the stranger?
That bob is
9. Explain the irony of the title "After Twenty Years."
The irony of the title "After Twenty Years" is that the both mans meet but in a different way, Both of them loss contact and could not know about each other, and after both wait for Jimmy they finally got to meet after twenty years, and they live a different life
They want to see if they can live their own life's.
13. Do you think Jimmy Wells did the right thing? Explain why you think this.
I thin k that Jimmy Wells di
14. The stranger describes Jimmy Wells as "the truest, staunchest old chap in the world." In light of that, do you think he should have been surprised at the outcome of the meeting? Please explain.