Thursday, January 2, 2014

Bruno notices that Pavel pays a great deal of attention to the carrots. Why do you think that is? Does Bruno understand why?

After Bruno falls from the swing and hurts himself, Pavel tends to the boy's wounds.  After this, Pavel "wash[es] his hands carefully, even scrubbing under his nails with a wire brush" before he starts peeling carrots.  He is attentive to his work of carrot peeling.  The carrots seem to "[take] up so much of his attention."  While Pavel works, Bruno questions the man's ability to care for his injuries, telling that him that he is "'not a doctor.'"  Pavel admits, with much hesitation, that he used to be a doctor.  Bruno finds this impossible, because Pavel's job in his home is to serve dinner and prepare food in the kitchen.  Pavel explains that he used to be a doctor before he came to Bruno's home.  


Pavel was a doctor, and being one he worked with his hands.  As a doctor, he had to pay attention to detail.  He peels the carrots carefully with his hands, paying close attention to them.  His treatment of the carrots serves as a comparison to how he would treat a patient in his work as a doctor.  Bruno notices that Pavel is paying more attention to the carrots than to him because he is only concerned with his own injuries.

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