Flights

How does the structure of Flights reflect the narrator’s philosophy of writing? What purpose do the fragments have in relation to the narrator’s fictional vignettes?

Choose one of the fictional vignettes the narrator includes and analyze it in relation to the entire novel. How does it display the novel’s themes? What characteristics of the narrator are present in the characters she writes about?

When the narrator encounters someone speaking Polish during her travels, she pretends not to understand them. Discuss the narrator’s desire for anonymity in relation to her writing practices. How does her desire for anonymity relate to the fragments she chooses to include?