The Apple Tree

Question 0

Midge Buzz relationship

Answer 0

I am like this… because of your neglect.
Is this my reward? After all I’ve done for you?
Freedom
The undercurrent of reproach, mingled with suffering nobly borne.
His sense of her resentment, of her disapproval, grew stronger.
You’d be the first to complain.
He did not miss her at all.
To my own darling Buzz, from his loving Midge
All this is for you
Reproachful, anxious, desirous of the admiration he could not give.
A perpetual reminder of the things he most detested, and always had.
That’s the end of you.

Question 1

Character

Answer 1

Martyred resignation

The inevitable shrug of the shoulder, the inevitable sigh.

Question 2

Buzz Tree

Answer 2

He felt a queer distaste to touch them.
Freak
Bowed down under her burden of fruit
Is this my reward? After all I’ve done for you?
It’s taking the light from the young tree.
He would endure the smell of apple wood as best he could.
Let me go

Question 3

Midge complaints

Answer 3

Are you busy?... Never mind
Yawning in the evenings
Inevitable shrug... The inevitable sigh
Silent complaints
His sense of her resentment, of her disapproval