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New York By Gay Talese Paragraph 1.: New York is a city of things unnoticed: Detail 1: armadillos 犰狳; St. Patrick’s Cathedral Detail 2: ants; Empire State Building Detail 3: the panhandler: a beggar who begs on the street; the dapper man: and the medium  New York is a city for eccentrics and a center for odd bit of information. Park Avenue; Fifth Avenue Details 1, 2, 3… What does “influenced by television and literacy” mean?  Para’4: Why do the doormen listen carefully; Listen closely? first-nighters (early evening) Para’5: What is the irony? Who are the females? Para’6: What is the irony in the paragraph? 3 a.m. Paragraph 8: Regulars have gone home; “Irregulars” stay on; A photographer is still working. whiskers and wear Paragraph 9: What happens at one a.m. wise guys and kids versus kerchiefs; two a.m. three a.m. small-time comedians vs. big-time comedians; at four a.m. drunks vs. pimps and prostitutes; at 5 a.m. Para: 10 (6 a.m.) ; Why is Mary’s voice rarely appreciated ? Para’s 11-12(7 a.m.) ; floridly: reddish, ruddy, rosy, having red complexion Para 13 (7:30-8:00 a.m.): What type of people are described? What type of films and in what theatre can be found? What does “a special quality or lack of quality mean?” From P 14: Small, “unimportant” professions about the invisible, miserable people who try to survive. Para’ 14: 1.… only one chauffeur who has a chauffeur. Explain it. Who are his clients, how much does he charge for one day? P15: Where can people usually see the bootblacks? What words can be used to describe their life style? (dodge, survive, thrive wear … shoes) Paragraph 16: What do the headless men do? Why are they “headless”? Why do they seem only to have fingers? Para’ 17: How many chestnut vendors, and how much do they earn daily? From whom do they borrow their rigs? Small, “unimportant” professions about the invisible, miserable people who try to survive P 19: The deeper i