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A Conversation with My Father Study Guide

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by Grace Paley
About 41 pages (12,430 words)
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A Conversation with My Father Study Guide consists of approx. 41 pages of summaries and analysis on A Conversation with My Father by Grace Paley. Browse the literature study guide below:

  Introduction

  Author Biography

  Plot Summary

  Chapter Summaries & Analysis

As this story begins, the narrator is with her father, an eighty-six year old man who is sick. The man has heart trouble and is unable to get around much. Sensing his death is near he is offering the narrator some last-minute advice. Then he asks the narrator to write a story that includes "recognizable" characters as well as a description of what happens to them. (read more)
      Detailed Summary & Analysis

  Characters

  Themes

  Style

  Historical Context

  Critical Overview

  Criticism

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  Media Adaptations

  Topics for Further Study

  Compare & Contrast

  What Do I Read Next?

  Further Reading

  Sources

  Copyright Information

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