Giant Dreams, Midget Abilties

1.Why was jazz so special to the author's father?
A life in music was author's father's great passion.Jazz was special to author's father because he appreciated Jazz science he was yong,and he enjoyed it as thought it wewe his private discovery.

2.Did the children in the family actually like jazz?
Yes,they did like. Because it was the music the children grown up with, they had a genunie appreiation of jazz.

3.What does the author think of Greek music?
He thought Greek music was an oxymoron.

4.How does the author feel about his father's behavior at the Dave Brubeck show?
The author felt his father's behavior was strange even abnormal.

5.When and why does Lisa cough up a mouthful of grape soda?After the author's father said that they should think of putting an act together.She could be scared.

6.What had the narrator of the story petitioned for (instead he got a guitar). Does that tell you anything about the narrator?He had petitioned for a brand-name vacuum cleaner rather than a guitar.He was a neat boy.

7.What does "my fascination was both evident and unwelcome" mean?It means obviously he had a unwelcome confusedness with the teacher.

8.Why has Mr.M named his guitar Beth?What is the first name that the narrator comes up with?What is wrong with it,according to Mr.M?He name the guitar after Beth because he and Beth have romance.It's oliver. Mr.M said it was not a good name because the guitar were supposed to be named after a girl's name.

9.Is Mr.M a good singer? Guitar player?He was not a good singer but a good guitar player.

10.What does Sedaris compare the sounds of his sisters practicing their instruments to (flute and piano)?He thought aimless whisper of Lisa's flute sounded like whipping through an empty pepsican.He consider thought Cretchen's practicing sounded like that cat was chsing a mouth across the keys.

11.Why does MR.M make the narrator so uncomfortable?Because Mr.M had a singular talent for making uncomfortable forced narrator to consider things he'd rather not think aboutthe sex of his guitar, for instace.

12.What changes for the narrator when he sees Mr.M being picked on by some 12 year-olds at the malls?He felt angry.He thought they had a quite a bit in common that they were each man trapped inside a boy's body.

13.Are Mr.M and the narrator alike?No. Mr.M and narrator are two kind of people.

14.Why does the narrator risk singing in front of Mr.M even though he knows,instinctively,that it is a social mistake?Because he want Mr.M recognize what he thought of as his great talent.

15.What is the narrator begining to realize about himself by the end of the story?A life in music was his father' dream , not his.With not passion even the best talent one can not do well.

16.Are we defined by our desires?I think sometimes we are.But we can not always defined by our desires.

17.What has the father unwittingly done for the narrartor by forcing him to take unwanted music lessons?May be give him some money.

18.Is the father a sympathetic character?No. Father has his own passion in music. He enjoy his own music at the end of story again.