1.What are the first two sentences of the story and how do they create a tension in the story?
The opening sentences are short creating tension in addition to the short sentence length it discusses the how the author's father has a supernatural power and that he could predict how and when the person will die.
2. What has happened to the author’s father as a result of his wife’s death?
The author's father started to become obsessed with this actor Leslie Cheung after his wife's death "I could picture him - a short ball of a man with grey-shot hair amongst the throng of girls, screaming at Leslie's concerts. He simply studied the singer on stage with the dreaming eyelids."
3. Consider how the father lives his life and conducts himself and the other people in the theatre for the film the author and his father are watching. How does this relate to the title of the story?
The father was constantly knowing whether or not people are going to die and how and the death prediction his father created drove the author's father to tears similar to the movie.
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