Book Club #10.
About the Book:
Go Set a WatchmanSummary:
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—"Scout"—returns home from New York City to Maycomb, Alabama to visit her aging father, Atticus. During a time of civil rights tension, new realizations found put her assumptions about her hometown and family members into doubt.Characters:
- Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
- Atticus
- Jeremy ‘Jem’ Finch
- Aunt Alexandra
- Henry ‘Hank’ Clinton
- Joshua Singleton St. Clair
- Colonel Maycomb
Questions:
1. Where do you consider your hometown? When you go back how are things different or the same?
2. When have you not seen eye to eye with your parents? Was it resolved or did you agree to disagree?
3. When have you had to be a part of a group whose ideology you did not agree with? Did you learn anything from the experience?
4. Scout goes back to her hometown from New York. What did you think of Harper Lee's portrayal of her reaction and thoughts about being back? Have you been to a reunion after many years and had similar or different thoughts?
5. Scout has a bunch of flashbacks of very relatable growing up experiences, like finding out where babies come from and her big school dance. Did you like this sandwiching of past experiences in the current narrative?
6. The publishing of Harper Lee's second book was controversial. How do you think this second book affected her legacy? Did you enjoy it or find it interesting?
5. Scout has a bunch of flashbacks of very relatable growing up experiences, like finding out where babies come from and her big school dance. Did you like this sandwiching of past experiences in the current narrative?
6. The publishing of Harper Lee's second book was controversial. How do you think this second book affected her legacy? Did you enjoy it or find it interesting?
Conversation Summary:
Discussion topics:- suspicions this may have been Harper Lee's first draft of TKAMB
- hometowns
- where would you want to live?
- differing ideologies
- flashback, narrative styles
- the book was written for the ending
3/3 bears finished book and 3/3 loved it
References:
1. RIP Harper Lee 1926-2016http://www.nytimes.com/video/obituaries/100000004221331/harper-lee-1926-2016.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FLee%2C%20Harper&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=9&pgtype=collection
No comments:
Post a Comment