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1. Paragraphs 1 & 2 prepared us for his argument by introducing him and what drove him to the result of loving a German. Paragraphs 3-6 made us aware of his dislike of fiction because of their untruth ways and gave us a hint towards his bias views.

2. He devoted so little of his argument to the causes of his reading and more to the effects because it shows the significance of a single book, which was able to change his entire view on life.

3. Effects on young Richler of reading novels:

• 11: Did not expect it to “be dangerous, creating such turbulence in my life”. He began to question his ideas about Germans, his own immense ignorance of the world, and about what novels were.

• 13-17: He was seduced into identifying with his ‘enemy’ – Paul Baumer – and loving his character. He became concerned about Paul’s survival. He began comparing reading to watching movies and the difference in their effects.

• 18-22: The book ‘distressed’ him. It was his 1st serious novel. He realized he knew much less than he thought he did about Germans.

• 23: He began reading novels all the time. He realized that there was a larger world out there that ‘could be available’ to him.

4. The spaces used to divide the essay made the narrator/author’s ideas more distinct and allowed him to jump from one part of his story to another more clearly. It displayed development.

5. The technique he exploits in his ending paragraph when he mentions nuclear weapons is making the reader aware of stereotypes and the personal bias they carry with them by further critiquing the book that changed his views.