Why did brine want to kill himself

Read the excerpt from "how i learned english.” and that was important, as important as joe barone asking me how i was through his tears, picking me up and dusting me off with hands like swatters, what does the imagery in the excerpt best readers picture? the awful stinging sensation of being dusted off the quick slapping motion of joe’s hands how roughly the speaker is pulled off the ground how loud and hard joe is laughing

“dènouement” is another word for the of a plot.

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.