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Questions for Reading and Discussion

A Passion in the Desert

  • What does the old soldier mean when he explains his comment that "in the desert there is all--and yet nothing," by saying, "God is there, and man is not"?

  • Why does the Provençal soldier give the panther the name of his first mistress, Mignonne?

  • Why does the soldier kill the panther even though the panther and the soldier had gazed at each other with "human comprehension"?

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