3.) 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.
The first place Gene visits during his return to the school is the First Academy Building. He notices first at the old marble stairs, the fact that the centers were not worn. He infers that the marble must be very hard, and thinks it odd that he never noticed that fact in all his years at Devon. He also notices that he is a lot bigger in proportion to the stairs, and remembers them seeming so big. The second place he visits is the tree. When he looks for it, though he remembers it too be huge and intimidating, he finds it hard to find among all the others. When he finally finds it he notices that, just like with the stairs, he has grown proportionally to the point that the tree almost seems small. The fact that Knowles adds his level of detail to such a small period of time is very important. He shows how memories can exaggerate things in grandeur, and how some quite remarkable things are often taken for granted.
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