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Jan 6, 2019 · The narrator is narrating a story of what Auggie once told him in the present, and the frame story is the one which Auggie tells Paul, the narrator, about Robert Goodwin. The layering of story upon story is a classic style in Paul Auster’s work.
The story is mainly told by a first-person narrator. The story switches narrators for a while when Auggie Wren tells his Christmas story. The language is casual and conversational, although at times the author also uses complex vocabulary.
After listening to Auggie’s tale of “the lost wallet and the blind woman and the Christmas dinner,” the narrator’s initial response is one of total empathy for the lonely, aging blind woman and respect for Auggie: “ ‘It was a good deed, Auggie.
- Linda Collinge-Germain
- 2013
Auggie’s story takes place in the 1970s. Time is an important concept in the story, as the main character is obsessed with the passing of time. The story is mainly told by a first-person narrator. The story switches narrators for a while when Auggie Wren tells his Christmas story.
The short story “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” by Paul Auster begins with Paul, the narrator, telling the readers about Auggie, who sells cigars and magazines in a shop in Brooklyn. After finding out Paul is a writer, Auggie shares his artistic project with him.
Dec 19, 2016 · In the story, the main character (writer Paul Auster, as himself), talks with his friend the cigar store owner Auggie Wren (who I always think of as Harvey Keitel because I saw the movie before I read the story) about being commissioned by the New York Times to write a Christmas story.
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This study guide will help you analyze the short story “Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story” (1990) by Paul Auster. We will show you examples of elements in the text that will be relevant for your analysis. In these notes, we will focus on the summary, structure, characters, setting, narrator and point of view, language, and themes.
