the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fray

Question 1

Chapter 1 summary

harold and the letter

Answer 1

on breakfast one day pink envelope comes from queenie hennessey stating she is termininally ill with cancer at ST.Bernadines hospice and this is her goodbyes

harold remembers queenie as they worked in the brewery many yers b4-Maureen says she doesnt remember maureen but suspiouciosly starts cleaning again

harold wrote an awklward note to queenie where he kept correcting his formalitythe letter feeels so in adequete

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HAROLD IS :-freshly shaved and dressed fpormally -he cut the grass he has a good prioity drive as the grass is cut .

maureen also loves cleaning becuz that is whatn she is doing most of the time and HAROLDS optimistic temperment -akin to seeing or smeeling things clen

maureens bordering obsesive coming to cleanliness

harold feels imprisoned by the ‘the lawn is spiked by the washing line [thids washing line is maureen]

and trapped by the neighboursa fence3s-as harold wants to be outdoors but has nothing alse needing attention

THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF DAVIDS ROOM

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MAUREEN CLEANS IT OBSESSIVELY DAIL;Y CLOSES THE CURTYAINS EVERYNIGHT AND KEEPS IT READY FOR ‘DAVIDS’ RETURN- ALSO MAUREEN TALKS TO DAVID REGULARLY PDATING HIM

in the early moments of harolds walk harold thinks about his relationship with maureen and david

he cannot remember a SINGLE time he took david for ice cream

HE ACKNOLOGEDGES HIS INADEQUECY AS A FATHER -REFLECTING ON HOW MAUREEN WOULD SIGN DAVIDS CARDS ON BEHALF OF BOTH OF THEM