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    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die"
    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die"
    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die"
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    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die"

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    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535825603
    A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die"

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      A Study Guide for Tony Romano 's "If You Eat You Never Die" - Gale

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      If You Eat, You Never Die

      Tony Romano

      2009

      Introduction

      Tony Romano's short story If You Eat, You Never Die is the title story of the twenty-four tales included in the 2009 collection If You Eat, You Never Die: Chicago Tales. Read together, the closely related stories depict three generations of the Comingo family, Italian immigrants living on the outskirts of Chicago during an unspecified era.

      In the five pages of If You Eat, You Never Die, Romano brings to life the struggles and values of the Comingo family through themes of love, cultural conflict, and assimilation. By telling this particular story through the eyes of Lucia, matriarch of the Comingo clan, he uses authentic dialect and speech patterns to underscore the importance of control for Lucia—over her son in particular and her family in general. In an unfamiliar culture where daily life is a test of survival skills, Lucia worries that her boys—in this story, Jim—are being set adrift in a sea of values and morals she cannot understand and does not share.

      In addition to the 2009 collection, If You Eat, You Never Die has been published in the Chicago Tribune and featured on National Public Radio's Sound of Writing.

      Author Biography

      Romano was born June 30, 1957, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his bachelor of arts degree at Chicago's DePaul University before graduating with a master of arts degree from Northeastern Illinois University, also in Chicago. Now married with three daughters, Romano has taught high school English and psychology in Illinois for more than twenty-five

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