Identify each of the sections in which Paul describes Keller. Note the use of language. Describe Paul as you see him, using language as effectively as you can. Try choosing a scene and imagining what Paul looks like in this situation.
- "Red glow of his face - a boozer's incandescent glow. The pitted, sun-coarsened skin - a cheap, ruined leather. And the eyes: an old man's moist, wobbling jellies. (p.3)
- "Keller's red face also glistened with a fine varnish of sweat - but the linen suit still seemed crisp and freshly laundered." (p.5)
- "He was short: migrant height, European height. Wop-height. The hair above that flaming face was white, sparse, downy." (p.5)
- "Small and podgy like inflated gloves, they narrowed delicately, fastidiously, towards the tips of the fingers. The nails were manicured; the skin pale and soft and clean. If his face was coarse leather his hands were fashioned from the finest calf: each wrinkle, each dimple carefully hand tooled." (p.5)
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