Passage 3 (p. 244)
The sweat started to drip off my forehead, fogging up my glasses. I yanked them
off and threw them over to the side. I didn’t even know where they landed. Then
I bent over that hole in the dirt until my face was an inch above it. I thought about
Luis Cruz, a man I barely knew. I thought about Luis Cruz being lowered into this
ground, never to come back up. I felt the tears start to well up deep inside of me.
Once they started to come, there was no stopping them. I wept, and sobbed,
and poured tears into that hole in the ground. Like an idiot? No, I don’t think so.
Question: Is it okay for Paul to be crying for Luis? Why is Paul crying for someone he
barely knew?
Rationale: This is an “on your own” question. The passage never says why Paul is so
upset over Luis’ death.