Introduction+and+Chapter+1


 * What words did you find difficult, both alone and within the context given?


 * Why does the writer go to India? What happened?


 * Does his dream of becoming a novelist come true?


 * What happens in Pondicherry?


 * What did the narrator study? Where?


 * What did the narrator's thesis concern? How does he describe this animal?


 * For the narrator, what does a tie represent?


 * Who do you think Richard Parker is?