Summary: Bernard is at the Director's office afraid that he will get into trouble for asking to visit the Mexico Reservation. The Director signs off on it and starts to reminisce about his time spent there, which isn't something that you do in this world, you don't look back at the past. Bernard is curious so he doesn't point out the errors in his way. When the director was there he went with a girl who got lost, but when Bernard expresses sympathy he is quick to say that he wasn't attached to her at all. The Director then begins to scold Bernard and says that if he keeps acting like a child he will send him to Iceland. Bernard isn't scared of this threat, he feels like a rebel and he goes to tell Helmholtz what happened. Watson likes Bernard but hates that he boasts.
My Interpretation: The section is foreshadowing something that happened a while ago to the Director. Also shows how Watson feels about Bernard that he doesn't really like his boasting and self pity. Could hint at a potential conflict between the two later on. Still the exposition.
Literary Elements: Foreshadow- the Director's lover that he lost and "didn't have feelings for";
Also him threatening to send Bernard to Iceland; Watson's distaste for Bernard's personality.
Vocabulary: Abject-adj- bad, unpleasant; Infantile- adj - of or occurring around babies; Indecorous - adj - improper
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