Or is there yet another interpretation?
1. Did Ishmael kill himself? What details of the story make you think he did or didn't?
2. Did Ishmael kill the minister? What details of the story make you think he did or didn't?
3. Are there other possibilities?
4. How does the use of pronouns ("he," "him," "his") contribute to the ambiguity of the story? ("Ambiguous" means "susceptible to more than one interpretation.")
5. If Ishmael didn't kill the minister, why is the story called "All About Suicide"?
6. Why doesn't Valenzuela tell the story in chronological order (that is, in the order in which the events happened)?
7. Do you think Valenzuela is deliberately confusing the reader? What point might she be making about the political situation in her country by doing that?