Assignment #1 (9-20) question 1- Quinn Egan

John Knowles opens up the book by having the protagonist come back to the Devon school and notice all the changes. Not only have the houses and the school have changed the protagonist has also changed. He points out that he is more successful now. The main differences in when he attended Devon and after was that the school was in better shape and it was redone on the outside. It was in better shape because when he attending Devon there was a war going on so repairing the school seemed less important. The effect that this opening does on the book is that is highlights what is going on at the time and what has changed, in a unique way.