One paragraph summary of the New Yorker article April and Paris. Then, the following questions need to be answered: – What is the theme? – How are metaphors employed? – What was the tone? – When the essay is sarcastic or satirical, what are the clues that we should not be taking the essay serious? I have idea of my own, but would like to be able to have a comparison with what is completed here. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/03/24/april-paris