1. Who is the audience for this essay? What response do you think Vargas wants? What likely response will he get? What is your response to his confession?
2. Why does Vargas mention the incident where he asserts that he is gay? Do you think this makes him more or less sympathetic?
3. Comment on the tension between Vargas telling the truth and fulfilling his dream. Mention at least three examples and why you think he made the right or wrong choice
4. Why do you think Vargas opens and closes with accounts of his mother?
5. What significance do you think should be attributed to Vargas’s mention of Disneyland in the last sentence?
