"Granted: I am an inmate of a mental hospital; my keeper is watching me, he never lets me out of his sight; there’s a peephole in the door, and my keeper’s eye is the shade of brown that can never see through a blue-eyed type like me."

—Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

(1) Make an inference about the overall story.

(2) Discuss the author's purpose for beginning the story this way.

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude

(1) Make an inference about the overall story.

(2) Discuss the author's purpose for beginning the story this way.

What does the opening scene help us understand about the characters, setting, mood, plot, etc.?