How is music used throughout the story, especially to develop character and setting? why is music so important to connie? what does oates mean when she writes in paragraph 94 that "even the music that was so familiar to her [connie] was only half real"? why does oates describe arnold as having "the voice of the man on the radio now" (para. 88)? what is the significance of connie’s later recognition that arnold spoke "with a slight rhythmic lilt, . . [his words] the echo of a song from last year" (para. 118)?

uncanny would be like unlucky or disaster. you can look for more in the dictionary or if you have text book then turn to a. 17 but it's different with textbooks.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.