E2: Axolotl

"Axolotl" by Julio Cortazar (1952)

• What makes something alive? Explain.
• What makes something "human"? Explain.
• After reading the story, write a paragraph answering one of the following questions: 
• Is the narrator crazy-cakes? Explain.
• If the narrator and the axolotl actually exchanged conciousnesses, how does the axolotl fuction as a human? Explain.
• How does this story relate the concept of zen (think of the quote "I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar")? Explain.