The story is set against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s rapid gentrification. The neighborhood itself is getting an "eraser tattoo"—old buildings and families are being scraped away to make room for new, shinier things. Dante and Shelly are collateral damage in that urban erasure.
The PDF ends with ambiguity. Does Shelly come back? Do they write? Have students write a "Ten Years Later" epilogue. Does Dante still have a scar? Does Shelly?
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