Questions on James Boswell

Horatio McCulloch, Glencoe, 1864

 

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

1. How does Boswell's character seem different from that of Dr. Johnson? How do his preoccupations through the trip differ from Johnson's?

2. What seems to be Boswell's relationship with Johnson?

3. What did you find out from his account that you didn't learn from Johnson's? How does his style contrast with that of Johnson?

4. What are some dramatic/psychologically compelx moments of his account? What seem to be his motives in including them?

 

 

 

 

 

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