I’ve pored over grainy sepia pictures of long-dead relatives in babushkas; black-and-white snapshots of distant cousins in crisp white linen suits, soldiers in uniform, ladies with beehive hairdos; Polaroids of bell-bottomed teenagers and long-haired hippies, and not once have I been able to detect even the slightest trace of August’s face in their faces.

What does "polaroids of bell-bottomed" and "August’s face" mean?

Question

I’ve pored over grainy sepia pictures of long-dead relatives in babushkas; black-and-white snapshots of distant cousins in crisp white linen suits, soldiers in uniform, ladies with beehive hairdos; Polaroids of bell-bottomed teenagers and long-haired hippies, and not once have I been able to detect even the slightest trace of August’s face in their faces.

What does "polaroids of bell-bottomed" and "August’s face" mean?

Answer

Hello, Book Lover.

'Polaroids' are a type of photograph taken with a polaroid camera. These polaroid cameras printed out pictures as soon as they were taken. 'bell-bottomed' refers to a type of jeans that were fashionable in the 1970s called 'bell-bottoms'. So 'Polaroids of bell-bottomed teenagers' refers to pictures of teenagers wearing bell-bottom jeans.

As for 'August's face', I imagine this refers to a character named August. The narrator is looking through pictures of relatives and cannot see any similarity between the character August and his relatives.

I hope this helps!

Luke.

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Hello Rogue, I confirm what the previous person, Luke, said and "August`s face " is the face of someone called "August".

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