(Question Number Three)-Gene visits two specific places upon his return: the First Academy Building and the tree. Name and explain two specific things he notices/realizes about these places/things now (as opposed to then) and why Knowles might have done this.
In the first chapter Gene visits two places during his return to Devon. The first place Gene returns to is the Fist Academy Building. He notices that the centers of the marble stairs were not worn or used. He then assumes that the marble is very hard. He thinks thats it is odd that he never noticed that in the past. He also notices that he grew and that he is now a lot bigger compared to the stairs, in the past the stairs used to seem very large in comparison to his size. Then second place he visits is the tree. At first it was hard for him to find it but when he does he notices that it looks very similar to the other trees around it. Just like the stairs the tree now seems much smaller than it was in the past. The author John Knowles shows this amount of detail to show that time can over power the truth in a way in which it changes the experiences or memories people have. These two locations could also become symbols later on in the story .
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