SUMMARY
In this story, a young man starts a communication with a young woman of his acquaintance through a boy who acts as a messenger (or perhaps a bit more than a messenger). The woman is sitting on a bench in the park. The man arrives, sees her and calls a boy who is nearby. He asks him to deliver a message to the woman and gives him a tip. The woman answers the man’s message using the same way. But the messenger conveys the messages using very different words to the ones he gets. Anyhow, man and woman understand what he says. But at the end, the man thinks that, for an unmistakable understanding of the communication, it’s necessary a written message.
QUESTIONS
Why did the author make the messenger change the message’s language?
What do you know about the Greek myth of Hermes?
What channels of communication do you use and what do you use them for? Do you still send letters or postcards by standard mail?
According to your view, jealousy: is it something genetic, or social? How can you stop being jealous (if you believe it is a negative feeling)?
What do you know about the expression "don't kill the messenger"?
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