Sheba Poe returns to Charleston to enlist the help of her former classmates in tracking down her brother Trevor. It's a sign of how close the members of the group are that they gladly accompany Sheba to San Francisco, where it's thought that Trevor might be staying. Apparently, Trevor is in a bad way, close to death from the AIDS virus. So it's all the more imperative that he's found as soon as possible.
After a long, eventful journey, the friends are led to a dilapidated old Victorian house. A racist homophobe by the name of Bunny claims that he lives there alone. But his insistence is belied by the piano music emanating from deep inside the house. The distinctive strains of "Lili Marlene" drift gently out of the window, immediately alerting Sheba and her friends to Trevor's presence inside the building.
"Lili Marlene" is an old wartime song, and it has especial significance for Trevor and Sheba. In high school they entered a talent contest, and their rendition of the song won first prize. It was the talk of the town for weeks.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
What song does Trevor Poe play to let his friends know he is in the house?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
What is the theme of the chapter Lead?
Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...
-
The statement "Development policy needs to be about poor people, not just poor countries," carries a lot of baggage. Let's dis...
-
"Mistaken Identity" is an amusing anecdote recounted by the famous author Mark Twain about an experience he once had while traveli...
-
Primo Levi's complex probing of the Holocaust, including his survival of Auschwitz and pre- and post-war life, is organized around indiv...
-
De Gouges's Declaration of the Rights of Woman was enormously influential. We can see its influences on early English feminist Mary Woll...
-
As if Hamlet were not obsessed enough with death, his uncovering of the skull of Yorick, the court jester from his youth, really sets him of...
-
In both "Volar" and "A Wall of Fire Rising," the characters are impacted by their environments, and this is indeed refle...
No comments:
Post a Comment