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Text: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen
Who - When - What - Where -Questions
Who ?
protagonists: a young woman who writes novels
her fiancé who is a wine-merchant
minor characters: eight Japanese gentlemen
middle-aged waitress
indirect: publisher Mr. Dwight
first-person narrator
Where ?
Bentley’s, expensive fish restaurant in London’s West End
When ?
in the 80es/90es during a meal
What ?
The young woman and her fiancé sit in a restaurant discussing
their forthcoming wedding. She is also talking about her first novel which
is called "The Chelsea Set". Because of her second novel she thinks about
moving to St. Tropez. Her fiancé questions their wedding. He has
the opportunity to work for his uncle. Therefore he doesn’t want to move
to France. Having finished their meal the man asks his fiancée if
she has seen the eight Japanese gentlemen, but she’s so self-centered that
she didn’t recognise them.
<Susanne,
Ines, Christina, Henrik
Source:Invitation
To Literature
Chapter Three: You Don't Listen, Do
You?
Text: The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen,
by Graham Greene

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