5 Red Cars in a Row!
Ok, so the location has been chosen. We will be meeting at the house of Rob Weychert and Matt Sutter. For those of you that do not know where that is, please email me and I will give you their address.
Now, I present you with a few discussion questions. These were generated from Amazon's reading group guide. I will have several things to talk about at the meeting, but they just aren't in discussion question format.
In addition to thinking about these questions, if you all would like to come armed with your favorite passage from the novel, I think the discussion will take an interesting turn.
Ponder away....
1. Although seemingly ill equipped as the narrator of a book, Christopher's character succeeds in eliciting a wide range of emotions in the reader. How do you think Haddon uses his protagonists voice to touch his audience in such a way?
2. What do you think Haddon's illustrations add to the story and to our understanding of Christopher's character?
3. How far do you think the author has used Christopher's alienating condition to expose intricate truths about our modern lives? Do you think this was his intention in Christopher's exposure of his parent's secret?
Alright, I will see you all on Thursday at 8. Again, if anyone needs directions to the meeting, please email me.
Happy Pondering!
