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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-23260433896099355382019-08-16T14:03:00.000-07:002019-08-16T14:03:22.720-07:00The 2019-20 Line Up<h3>
Book Selections for 2019/20<strong> </strong></h3>
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<tr><td width="111">September 23</td>
<td width="378">The Royal Secret, by Lucinda Riley</td>
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<td width="111">October 28</td>
<td width="378">The Orphan’s Tale, by Pam Jenoff</td>
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<td width="111">November 25</td>
<td width="378">The Gown, by Jennifer Robson</td>
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<td width="111">January 27</td>
<td width="378">VOX, by Christine Dalcher</td>
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<td width="111">February 24</td>
<td width="378">The Mother-in-Law, by Sally Hepworth</td>
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<td width="111">March 23</td>
<td width="378">The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore</td>
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<td width="111">April 27</td>
<td width="378">The Home for Unwanted Girls, by Joanna Goodman</td>
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<td width="111">May 25</td>
<td width="378">The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, by Michele Richardson</td>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-83231369911916281022019-06-02T12:43:00.002-07:002019-06-02T12:43:53.210-07:00Full Disclosure by Beverly McLachlin<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you find Jilly believable as a person?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When
we first meet Cy, Jilly explains that he has been her mentor and friend, even
though they’re destined to oppose each other in the courtroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the relationship between Cy and
Jilly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did he become so vengeful
toward her?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What
do you think about Cy’s relationship with his wife?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is Jilly drawn to
Damon even after he is acquitted?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the
end of the novel, was she justified in seeing Damon’s crime as separate from
the person who committed it? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">What effect did Jilly’s sudden illness have
on the plot?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Did
the inclusion of the Pickton storyline in the plot, enhance or detract from the
mystery?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In the
final chapters of the novel two deep secrets are revealed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were you surprised by either?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
think Jilly will approach cases differently going forward?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the former chief
justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, McLachlin’s view of the legal system
should carry some weight. Were you surprised by the way our legal system was
presented in this novel?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">11.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Many
of the main characters get a second chance in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discuss the role of leniency, grace, and
rehabilitation within the legal and penal systems.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">12.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Imagine
you practiced law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would you be a
defense attorney like Jilly, a prosecutor like Cy, or a judge?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What kinds of cases would you prefer to take?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">13.<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?</span></span></div>
Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-31691329553914475212019-03-26T13:47:00.002-07:002019-03-27T06:28:27.258-07:00Forgiveness: A Gift from my Grandparents by Mark Sakamoto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gift from My Grandparents</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tansley
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Icebreaker
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authority, stoicism in the face of adversity and pain, not making a fuss or
creating a scene which would embarrass your family or ancestors, working hard
at every task so as to make those around you proud. On p. 96, Mitsue’s father
voices this influence when he says “shikata-ga-nai – it can’t be helped” when
faced with the decision of the family leaving to go to work the Alberta beet
fields.</span></span></div>
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Mark Sakamoto first interviewed his 90-year-old grandmother about her
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“Because hate can come back”. She was afraid to acknowledge it by speaking of
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act that looks forward. Forgiveness smiles... Forgiveness is not a transaction.
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captivity. Mitsue, meanwhile, experiences isolation in the form of segregation
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Noise
Downstairs</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Linwood
Barclay</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Tansley Reads Score: 58.26%</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Have you, or anyone you know,
had an experience with the paranormal or ghosts?</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Questions</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barclay begins with a prologue and then the
story jumps 8 months ahead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did you
think of this beginning and what direction did you think the story would take?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #111111; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kenneth was driving erratically, if that was
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">3. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Paul
and Charlotte’s relationship seemed to be on rocky ground before he was
attacked, but she did an about face afterwards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What did you think of their relationship?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why do you think
we were introduced to Gavin Hitchens (Anna White’s patient)? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What purpose did he serve in the story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Was it </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a good idea for Paul to investigate what had happened
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What role did </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Gilford
Lamb and Harold Foster play in developing the story?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What did
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Gill
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 64%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-69836438176524282942019-02-12T12:55:00.002-08:002019-02-12T12:55:42.161-08:00The Alice Network, Kate Quinn<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Network</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Kate
Quinn</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 80%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">We sent out an email asking everyone to wear a
favourite/meaningful/interesting hat.</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Talk about this hat, or one
you may have had, that you loved, or was significant to you.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Questions</span></b></div>
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novel. How does each friendship grow and change over the course of events? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Eve and Charlie, Eve and Lili, Lili and
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was your impression of the day-to-day
descriptions of working as a spy? What part of the work could you do?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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she becomes Rene’s lover. While Eve hates him, it becomes complicated when
they’re intimate. What were your impressions of their relationship?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">4. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #444444; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Finn Kilgore and Captain Cameron have very similar stories. How are they
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Charlie’s cousin provides the story’s driving search. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did Rose’s fate change the focus of the
search?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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Eve and Finn each have their own secrets that slowly come out as the book goes
on. What is it about their past and secrets that made them kindred spirits?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #444444; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Each
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Oradour-sur-Glane;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rene shooting young
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Tattooist of Auschwitz</span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Heather
Morris</span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 68%)</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 16.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">If you were going away, the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>destination and purpose of trip not fully
known or understood, what books would you take with you for a sense of
home/comfort/normalcy?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Questions</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">What
was your perception of Lale as he arrived in Auschwitz? How did your
understanding of him change throughout the novel and then after reading the notes
in the back?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">When
Gita met Lale she refused to tell him where she came from or her last name. Why?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The phrase “To save the one is to save the
world” is repeated throughout this novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Discuss some of the small acts of humanity carried out by individuals
in <i>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</i>. How did these small acts of kindness
have greater implications?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither Lale nor Jakub wanted to hurt people,
but both had a strong desire to live. How can we label their actions? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were they actions of kindness, guilt, humanity,
apology or ...?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="background: white; color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Lale
tattoos numbers on the prisoner’s arms. Gita files prisoners’ names in the
administrative office. How does this impact the way they perceive the prisoners?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
qualities did Lale and Gita have that allowed them to survive when so many
others died?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Why did
the girls take the risk of smuggling valuables out of Canada House to give to
Lale?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">8. Cilka is forced to become
Schwarzhuber’s mistress, Lale was the T</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ätowierer
and Gita worked in an office for the Germans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of them received privileges for this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the war, Cilka was punished as a
collaborator, should all of them have been?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Although
we know Lale, Gita, Jakub, Cilka and Baretski were real, the book is called a
novel. Which incidents, interactions or dialogues in the book, while likely
fictitious, gave you a sense that you better understood conditions at Auschwitz
because of reading this book?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did Lale only record his account of his
romance in Auschwitz once his wife died?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">do you think Lale wanted to tell his story
to someone who wasn’t Jewish?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How do you
think Heather Morris’s experience as a screenplay writer has influenced her
writing of this book?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?</span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-43993515315419338402018-08-27T12:03:00.001-07:002018-08-27T14:45:18.892-07:00The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson<br />
<h2 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
By Jonas
Jonasson<o:p></o:p></h2>
(Tansley Reads Rating: 58%)<br />
<br />
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
Icebreaker<o:p></o:p></h4>
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Who would you consider to be
the most important public figure you have ever met?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where are the most interesting places you
have been?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<h4 class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p> </o:p>Questions<o:p></o:p></h4>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do you think the author chose to make the
main character 100 years old? What does he have to say about the elderly?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do you think Allan climbed out the window
in the first place?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think drove Allan to steal the
suitcase?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you enjoy the way the novel switched from
the present day to the past? Did it add or detract from your enjoyment of the
story? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">5. Many modern historical
events and famous people where woven into the plot. Did you find this added or
detracted from the twists of the tale?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there other historical figures or moments
you would have liked to have seen in the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think of Allan’s lack of
political interest and stance and how does this affect the story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">8. Why do you think the
author chose to make Allan a eunuch? How do you think this affected his
character and was it significant to the plot?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you enjoy the humour in this novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did any situation strike you as particularly
funny?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think all the main characters had
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did you think about Allan and Amanda
getting together at the end of the story?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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paragraph at the start and end of the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This novel has sold over 2 million copies
worldwide and has been translated into 300 languages. Why do you think it has
such worldwide, cross-cultural appeal considering Scandinavian literature is
often renowned for being bleak and dark?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">14: Is there anything else
you would like to discuss that we didn’t cover?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">15:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick round – What did you think of the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-3911340423378723642018-08-27T12:01:00.001-07:002018-08-27T12:01:20.810-07:00All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All the Light We Cannot See<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">By Anthony Doerr<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 74%)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ic<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ebreaker :<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If you were giving someone a gift of
reading, as President Obama did for his daughter, which five books would you
include?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On page 390, the author writes, “To shut your eyes
is to guess nothing of blindness.” Do you think that being blind gave Marie-Laure
any advantages?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the basis of the friendship between
Werner and Frederick?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Werner,
Frederick and their classmates are all called out into the yard and each is told
to throw a pail of cold water on a chained prisoner. Werner follows the
expectation but Fredrik refuses multiple times and pays for it dearly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does Werner ever show a similar strength of
character anywhere in this story?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Why do you think Doerr chose these two
characters (Werner and Marie-Laure) to write about?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it because of their differences or their
similarities?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">How crucial a role does radio
play in the story and in the time period?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
does Doerr use the novel, </span><i><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #262626; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea </span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #262626; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">by<i>
Jules Verne, a</i>s</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #262626; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
such a big part of this story.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">7.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On page 368, Werner thinks, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">That is how things are...with everybody in this unit, in this army, in
this world, they do as they’re told, they get scared, they move about with only
themselves in mind. <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Name me someone
who does not</span></i>.” But in fact many of the characters show great courage
and selflessness throughout the story in some way, big or small. Which
characters put themselves at risk in order to do what they think is right?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8.
There were multiple characters with both major and minor roles in this
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Whose story did you enjoy the most and was there any character you
wanted more insight into?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Why do you
think Marie-Laure gave Werner the little iron key to the old kennels and why
would Werner have gone back for the wooden house but left the Sea of Flames?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The 1970s image of Jutta is one of a woman deeply
guilt-ridden and self-conscious about her identity as a German. Why do you
think she feels so much guilt over the crimes of others? Do you think she
should feel any shame about her identity?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">11.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">What do you think of the author’s decision to flash
forward at the end of the book? Did you like getting a peek into the future of
some of these characters? Did anything surprise you?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When Werner and Jutta first hear the Frenchman on
the radio, he concludes his broadcast by saying “<i>Open your eyes and see what
you can with them before they close forever</i>” (pages 48–49), and Werner
recalls these words throughout the book. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you think this phrase relates to the
overall message of the story?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">13. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In
this story, what is All the Light We Cannot See?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-11760268094667829142018-08-27T11:58:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:58:09.549-07:00Any Known Blood, Lawrence Hill
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Any Known Blood<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 69%)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">ICEBREAKER: Have you ever
discovered that a favourite family story was not true in the version you
remembered?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Langston’s relationship
with his father is very strained, much like many of the others in the
book. Does that have something to do with the family history? Or a family
habit of non-communication? Is this like the legacy of the residential
schools – families pulled apart generations ago forgot how to be family,
lost the knack of intimacy and have passed that along to their children?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do you get the impression
that in a family with so many shades of colour, people of different shades
resent each other somehow? Does the current LC feel alienated from the
black part of his family by the fact that he is so light he could “pass”? Is
that why his Aunt Mill is slow to accept him?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first LC to become a
preacher seemed to come at it “sideways” – no background, etc. and then
his son did it out of desperation when money was short. Yet their legacy
at the Baltimore church was impressive. Do you think they were sincere in
their faith or just talented as preachers?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The family believes that
the first LC was killed at Harper’s Ferry, but in fact he lived on for
many years, even attending his son’s university graduation. Yet somehow
the story of that appearance wasn’t known to the current LC. So many
stories had been told, but many of them seemed to hold only a tinge of
truth. Why?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did you find it confusing
that the story unfolded as LC discovered the pieces of it – i.e. in
reverse chronological order? Would the author’s story have worked if he’d
told the family story in its “correct” order? Did it gain or lose suspense
this way?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Were you surprised that
Oakville was a terminus of the Underground Railway? That there used to be
a thriving black community there? That the KKK was at one time active in
Oakville? <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the second generation
there were 2 other LCs. They disappeared. Did you wonder if one of them
might have family somewhere who might turn up in this story?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yoyo’s satire – his
attitude to North America, his disdain of Americans calling themselves
African. ???????????<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Are the families in the
story held together by women? Do the Crane men have too much centrifugal
force for them to be able to? <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Will knowing his family’s story
change Langston’s life?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-18315379796132055022018-08-27T11:56:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:56:34.261-07:00Beach Strip, John Lawrence Reynolds<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Beach
Strip by John Lawrence Reynolds</span></u></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Tansley Reads Rating: 65%)</span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The meeting was
devoted to a discussion with the author.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Intro for
Reynolds<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ice Breaker
Questions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. What books do
you have beside your bed right now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. What famous
person, either living or dead, would you most want to have dinner with?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. What is your
pet peeve?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. What is your
favourite word?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5. What is your
favourite time of day?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Presentation/Discussion<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks to author
+ Gift<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-18177947809175612612018-08-27T11:55:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:55:13.700-07:00Beneath the Wake, Ross Pennie
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Beneath
the Wake<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Ross
Pennie<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 56%)</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>The Mystery</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When in the book did you
solve the mystery? What did you think of the way the author revealed his clues?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Characters/Plot</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">There were four characters
introduced in the story but never really developed (Martha De Groot, Jane
Delaney, Maureen – wife of Mark and Aunt Audrey).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the purpose of these characters and
how could the author have expanded their roles in his novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are there any other plot lines you would like
to have seen developed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3. <u>Euthanasia</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What was your opinion of the
euthanasia service the doctor offered on his ship?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. <u>Refugees</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Refugees experience a variety
of challenges and hardships when leaving their countries to find safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the experience of the Hazara, in this
instance, any better?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5. Quick round: What did you
think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-41270495634101318842018-08-27T11:53:00.002-07:002018-08-27T11:53:32.541-07:00The Book of Madness and Cures, Regina O'Melveny
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Book
of Madness and Cures<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Regina
O’Melveny<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
(Tansley Reads Rating: 41%)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Time and again, Gabriella
must defend her worth as a female doctor and disguise herself as a man to
ensure safe passage on her journey. When in your own life have you experienced
prejudice, or been prevented from doing something because of your gender? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On pg. 26, Gabriella says to her friend
Lavinia, "Lavinia, I <i>want</i> the unknown." What were
Gabriella’s reasons for leaving her home in Venitia for the unknown, especially
after waiting ten years for her father?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why does Gabriella’s father leave in the
first place, and do you think he ever intended to return home?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabriella and her mother have a poor
relationship. What do you think are the reasons for this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What role does <i>The Book of Diseases </i>play
in the novel? Did including the excerpts from Gabriella’s contribution to “The
Book of Diseases” </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">add or detract from your understanding and enjoyment of the story?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the significance of the medicine
chest?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In what ways do Gabriella’s companions,
Olmina and Lorenzo, guide or hamper her quest?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On pg. 166, Vincenzo says, “We often flirt
with the very thing we create….” He goes on to admit that he loves, too much,
the beautiful bolts of cloth he sells. Gabriella then realizes she is
single-minded to a fault. Was Gabriella journey as single-minded, as she
believed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What purpose was served in the story by
introducing the character of Wilhelm?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabriella’s father often told her “the
patient owns the remedy.” What do you think he meant?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On pg. 234, Gabriella, in discussion with Dr.
Joubert, ponders aloud, “When does a wise adventure become a foolish one?” In
your experience, what makes an adventure a wise one and what marks its
transition to a foolish one?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lorenzo dies before the end of their journey.
Would their journey have been any different if Lorenzo had lived?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabriella finds her father, but he is
unrecognizable as the man who left her years ago. She tended him very
tenderly until his death, but never knew if he had any awareness of who she
was. Do you think this will have any effect on her after his death? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13. On pg. 311 Hamish says to
Gabriella, "I'm sorry about the death of your father." She
responds, "Oh! But you know, he left long ago." In what ways
does Gabriella’s father’s death free her?<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14. Why does Hamish not
approach Gabriella until after she has buried her father in Taradante?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick round: What did you think of the book?
Is there anything you want to discuss that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-25461366667469492522018-08-27T11:51:00.002-07:002018-08-27T11:51:44.003-07:00The Calligrapher's Daughter, Eugenia Kim
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Calligrapher’s Daughter<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">by Eugenia Kim<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 74%)</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></span></b> </div>
<div class="MTBody" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-align: justify;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Icebreaker:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Are there stories in your own
family’s history that might contain the seeds of a novel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Questions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What if Najin had been the
daughter of a carpenter, grocer, teacher, etc?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How different do you think her life would have been then?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">While Najin is the primary
narrator of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Calligrapher’s Daughter</i>,
many chapters are written from the points-of-view of her father and her
mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did seeing Najin’s world
from their perspective alter your understanding of it?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Najin’s father, the
calligrapher Han, is very traditional.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Did he fear change or was he simply stubborn?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What did change represent to him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does he gain by maintaining old
customs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What does he lose?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did your perceptions of him change as the
novel progressed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why did Najin’s father refuse
to name his daughter?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What do you think of Najin’s
discovery that, by her father not giving her a name, had given her “enormous
freedom” (p.374)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why do you think Najin’s father
blamed her for a lot of the bad things that happened in his life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why do you think Najin’s father
felt that his relationship with his daughter changed after she returns from
living with Calvin’s parents (p.294)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ilsun, Najin’s brother (whom
she calls Dongsaeng), often seems to bring trouble upon himself and his
family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What special pressures does he
face as the firstborn son?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could you
empathize at all with his behaviours?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Despite the Korean Confucian
standard of male supremacy during that era, may of the women in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Calligrapher’s Daughter</i> managed to
find meaning and fulfillment in their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What personal choices, if any, did Najin’s mother, her mother-in-law and
her two sisters-in-law (Unsook and Meeja) make within the confines of their
roles?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How do you feel about the vision
Najin’s mother had before her birth (p. 54)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>[Quote:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Yes, and for your
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my further month with you, I
dreamt of catching a small white fish between my hands as I waded in a lovely
stream, so coo, so fresh, so clean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such
a beautiful little, fish, it made me laugh in my dream and I woke up
laughing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was you.”]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think it describes Najin’s true
character?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Najin use the vision she and
her mother shared:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Like water, flowing
around beneath and through rotted trees, we would always flow” (p.184) to help
her survive in difficult circumstances (when her father was looking for a
husband for her, when she was in prison, etc.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why does this image help her?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Najin and her mother seem to
share a deep understanding of all the bet qualities in a mother-daughter
relationship, yet the word “love” is never spoken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are some of those qualities and how were
they conveyed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As an adult, Najin tries to
keep her personal trials to herself, such as her silence about the torture she
witnessed in prison.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where did her
ability to suppress feelings stem from?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Could she have been more expressive?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When might it have served her better if she were more forthcoming with
her feelings and difficulties?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Najin experiences faith and
belief in varying degrees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When does her
faith feel strongest to her, and when does it ebb?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do you think she is unable to sustain a
consistent belief?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Given here conflicted
feelings about religion, did you think she made the right decision to marry a
seminarian?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">How do you think Najin’s life
would have been different if she had been able to join Calvin in the U.S.A?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">14.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Most of the married couples in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Calligrapher’s Daughter</i> (parents,
in-laws, Najin/Calvin, servant couple, brother/wives) face severe stresses
during at least one point of their relationship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Discuss the different challenges thrust upon
them, as well as how they deal with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What does this novel say about love?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What does it say about fidelity?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">15.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eugenia Kim has said that her
novel was inspired by the life of her mother, and that the “writing experience
radically changed my regard for my mother and my father, as well as my own
Korean-American identity, in the most enriching positive way”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relating back to our icebreaker, can you
think of any personal instances where, by finding out more about a family
member (or other person), gave you a better understanding of their situation or
personality, and possibly a better appreciation thereof, than what you knew
about them “on the surface”? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">16.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In an interview, Eugenia Kim
indicates that her mother’s English was better than Eugenia’s English, which is
how they communicated most times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
deciding whether to write about her mother’s stories, she states:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I inherently knew that with my English ears
and her Korean storytelling, my act of listening was in itself an act of
fiction, and with the MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) from Bennington College came
the conclusion that fiction was the most effective way to bring an emotional
truth to the stories and living personality to the characters”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you agree?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Was she successful in achieving these objectives in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Calligrapher’s Daughter</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Were you satisfied with the
ending of the novel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-46102164121555393202018-08-27T11:50:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:50:11.844-07:00Carly's Voice, Arthur Fleischmann
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Carly’s
Voice<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Arthur
Fleischmann<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 61%)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What if something happened to
you and you weren’t able to communicate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How would that affect everything in your life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Divide the group into three smaller groups and hand
out the following questions one at a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Give them 10-20 min. to discuss each question and then bring them back
together to compare their thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1. What are the obligations
of society to a person like Carly?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
much help should each child be entitled to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2. What are a family’s
responsibilities to their “normal” children when faced with caring for a
severely disabled child?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did the
Fleischmann family fulfil these responsibilities?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we are integrating children with
exceptionalities into regular classrooms, what is the benefit to them and to
the other children in the classroom?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are
there negatives?<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quick round: What did you
think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-7207596625996170882018-08-27T11:48:00.003-07:002018-08-27T11:48:48.224-07:00The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">THE CAT’S TABLE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Michael Ondaatje<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> (Tansley Reads Rating: 47%)</span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Icebreaker Question:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On page 196 Michael
says, “It would always be strangers like them, at the various Cat’s Tables of
my life, who would alter me”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you
have an experience at a young age of a stranger or acquaintance altering the
direction of your life’s journey, or some portion thereof?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Questions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The first chapter describes the
boy being put on a ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Before you had
read the story, what did you imagine might have been the reason for his
journey?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why do you think the opening
passages of the book are told in third person?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the second chapter you learn
that he is being sent to his mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What did this say about his family situation in Sri Lanka (Ceylon)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is never a very strong
description of Michael anywhere in the book, yet he is given the nickname
“Magpie”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does this give you any insight
into his appearance or character?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>[Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magpies love to steal
shiny things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does this help?]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We are 133 pages into the novel
before Ondaatje gives us an idea of what year it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does he use time – or the sense of
timelessness – to propel the story?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Key main characters in the
novel are children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think that
Ondaatje successfully recreates the observations and thought processes of a
child in his writing? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For several characters – the
three boys and Emily among them – the journey represents a loss of
innocence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For whom does it have the
greatest impact?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discuss the three boys’
experience during the typhoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does
it affect their friendship and their attitude toward authority figures?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is a strong focus on
journeys and destinations as themes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
is the voyage itself a parallel or metaphor for childhood?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On page 75 the narrator
realizes “what is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places
where there is no power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing much of
lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by a familiar
rhetoric.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who already have power
continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The anonymity of ocean travel
and the sense that aboard ship we know only what others want us to know about
them come into play at several points in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is Ondaatje saying about identity?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Discuss the importance of some
of the seemingly minor characters at the table:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mr. Mazappa, Mr. Fonseka, Mr Nevil, and/or Miss Lasqueti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, Asuntha and Emily (who were not at
their table, but are minor characters).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What do they contribute to the story?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On page 155, the narrator
refers to Ramadhin as “the saint of our clandestine family”. What does he mean?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What life changing event
happened to Michael after he fell asleep with Emily (pg.133-115).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He becomes suddenly worried about meeting his
mother after so long and she (Emily) comforts him, but he says, “but for me, in
that cabin, it was the first time I looked at myself with a distant eye, just
as the neutral eyes of the distant young Queen had watched me all
morning.”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think he saw in
himself?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The main character, Michael,
explains that though he kept in contact with Ramadhin, Cassius he never saw
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do you think this is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emily and Michael also barely saw each other
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think this is linked?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When describing the collapse of
his marriage, the narrator says, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Massi
said that sometimes, when things overwhelmed me, there was a trick or a habit I
had:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned myself into something that
did not belong anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I trusted
nothing I was told, not even what I witnessed (page 203).</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What made him behave this way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did it affect his marriage?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On page 208, the narrator tells
us about a master class given by the filmmaker Luc Dardenne in which:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">he
spoke of how viewers of his films should not assume they understood everything
about the characters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As members of an
audience we should never feel ourselves wiser than they; we do not have more
knowledge than the characters have about themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Why did Ondaatje give us this warning, so
far into the novel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is he telling
us?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When Emily says to the
narrator, “I don’t think you can love me into safety” (page 250), to what is
she referring?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why do you think Emily
wanted to see him again after so many years?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">[USE IF TIME PERMITS]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On page 243, Michael says, “With just three
or four children at its centre, on a voyage whose clear map and sure destination
would suggest nothing to fear or unravel. For years I barely remembered
it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you not find that odd?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why does he remember now?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many mysteries at the end of
the novel remain unexplored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you
think this was the right choice by the author?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Does this detract from the satisfaction of the ending?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Michael Ondaatje claims that
this is just a work of fiction with no biographical content, yet the story
parallels his life and he even names the main character “Michael”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think there is any significance to
this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-85479038517477237522018-08-27T11:47:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:47:19.018-07:00The Child, Fiona Barton
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Child<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Fiona
Barton<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 60%)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Think of yourself as a young
child saying: - “When I grow up I will be, or, I will do”. Has it come true?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">What is the role of journalism in this book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think media help or hinder the police
during crime investigations?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #262626; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Were you confused by the introduction of the cast of
characters? Did you write the names down and need to refer to your notes
throughout the book?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. Why do you think this “cold
case” investigation is so important to Kate initially, and does her motivation
change over the course of the novel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">5. Jude didn’t have a good
relationship with her own mother or with Emma. On page 43, we read </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“From the moment she’d brought
Emma home, she’d been determined to have a completely different bond with her
daughter from the tense relationship she had had with her own mother.” Was the
relationship between Jude and Emma one of love or convenience?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jude seems to “live angry” all the time. Why?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Emma was 13 or 14 she and Harry, at
Harry’s urging, go to Brighton to try and find Emma’s father. Would Emma have
looked for her father without Harry’s urging. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How was the story line affected by the detail
the author included about Soames and Will’s “game”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are several people in Emma's life with whom she could have shared the
story of her rape and pregnancy (her mother/Jude, her best friend/ Harry, her
husband, various doctors and therapists even the police). Why does she choose
Kate, the reporter?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Barton includes many clues/hints throughout the book. Which one did you find
most clever or creative?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>14:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-9498207093206656722018-08-27T11:44:00.005-07:002018-08-27T11:44:50.014-07:00The Children Act, Ian McEwan
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Children Act<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Ian
McEwan<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 57%)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Does music have a role in
your life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think Fiona is partly responsible for
Jack’s decision to have an affair?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point in the story Fiona refers to
herself as “selfish, cruel, drily ambitious”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Do you think this is true? Should someone who is self-defined as cruel
be making decisions about children’s welfare?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Jack comes back, Fiona responds by
hiding in her work. What else did she use her job to protect herself from?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We see a different side of Fiona through her
involvement with music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is the role
of music in her relationships with Jack, Mark and Adam?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How would you have ruled in the first case
described in <i>The Children Act,</i> regarding the education of Rachel and
Nora Bernstein? Does Fiona approach religious freedom the same way in her
ruling for Adam's case?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think Fiona makes the right decision
in ruling in favour of the hospital and allowing them to treat Adam against his
wishes?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did your impression of Adam and his
parents shift throughout the novel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did Adam follow Fiona to Newcastle and
why did she kiss him?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you blame Fiona for what ultimately
happens to Adam?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Fiona had
taken the time to read “The Ballad of Adam Henry” when it arrived, do you think
things might have turned out differently?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did <i>The Children Act</i> affect your
perception of family courts? What makes it so challenging for parents and the
courts alike to follow the deceptively simple mandate that "the child's
welfare shall be the . . . paramount consideration"?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you think they will live happily ever
after?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-85623175177739577832018-08-27T11:43:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:43:10.482-07:00Clara Callan, Richard B. Wright
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 72% -- winner for the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Icebreaker (posed by all of us as people arrive): Other than
those we read for this group, what was the best book you read this year? What
would you recommend to the rest of us for summer reading?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Discussion Questions</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Richard
Wright has been widely praised for his convincing portrayal of his female
protagonist. Do you agree?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How would
you describe Nora? In what ways does she differ from Clara? Do these
differences come across in their letters to each other? What do you think
explains their deep connection as sisters?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;">Clara Callan</span></i><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"> takes the form of letters and journal entries. What did you think of this
epistolary form of narration of <i>Clara Callan</i>? How did reading the
constant stream of correspondence between Nora and Clara facilitate your
understanding of their relationship?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Discuss
Clara’s sudden lack of belief in God. Is this loss of faith really significant
in her life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What does
Clara reveal about her hopes, dreams, and fears in her letters? How do her
letters to Nora and Evelyn compare to her journal entries? What kinds of
information does she choose to keep private? What does she decide to share?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What
would you say is Clara’s greatest fear? How do her actions throughout the book
point to this?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Clara deal with being raped? Did any of her revenge fantasies surprise you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How is
1930s Europe portrayed in <i>Clara Callan</i>? What did you think of the trip
to Italy described in the book? Did it make any aspects of this era more vivid?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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does poetry play in Clara's day-to-day existence? What are some of her poetic
aspirations?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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that he was married?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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After the affair has finished, why does Clara think she didn’t know Frank?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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does she handle this development in her life? In what ways will the arrival of
Elizabeth Ann change Clara?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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death...a woman... steps in front of a freight train’s yellow eye” – her
mother’s death must have coloured the community’s view of the Callan family.
How did the community’s attitude affect the Callan girls? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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vivid, atmospheric, and often humorous. What is your favourite anecdote from
the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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perception of Clara?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-80762601357522757102018-08-27T11:41:00.002-07:002018-08-27T11:41:20.576-07:00The Couple Next Door, Shari Lapena
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The
Couple Next Door<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By Shari
Lapena<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 54%)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker -- </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Most, if not all of us, have at some time in our lives
been babysat or babysitters. What is your best/worst/funniest memory of the
experience?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">What did you think of Anne and Marco’s decision to
leave their infant daughter asleep at home alone?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was your opinion of Marco at the
beginning of the story, and then, as the story progressed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why did Marco put such trust in a person he
had recently met on a park bench?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a variety of things that Alice keeps
from Richard (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">her knowledge of his
infidelities, Anne’s mental breakdowns, she lets him pretend it is his money</i>).
Why do you think she does this and what do you think this says about their
relationship?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5. What drives Anne’s
relationship with her parents?</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-CA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: EN-US;">How would you describe the character of
Cynthia? What do you think of the respective relationships between Cynthia and
Anne and Cynthia and Marco? </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">What
exactly was Cynthia’s involvement with the kidnapping?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pg.
306 “You’ll never be able to prove that …..”</i>)</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what do you think happened at the end of
the story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who called 911?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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you’d have chosen to get to know better?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who <u>are</u> the Couple Next Door?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick round: What did you think of the book?
Is there anything you want to discuss that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-26106412477878953392018-08-27T11:39:00.001-07:002018-08-27T11:39:25.223-07:00Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA">Cutting for
Stone by Abraham Verghese</span></i><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 55%) </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As a child did you
dream of what career you would like to have? If so, how young were
you? And did you end up in that work? Why, or why not?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What meaning or meaning did you
take form the title of the book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cutting
for Stone</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(Surname, play on words; Stone
of madness, paintings of Bosch & Bruegel; Hippocratic Oath; “I will not cut
for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this
operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Almost all of the characters
are living in sort of exile, self-imposed or forced, from the home country –
Hema and Ghosh from India, Marion from Ethiopia, Thomas from India and
Ethiopia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Verghese is of Indian descent
but was born and raised in Ethiopia, went to medical school in India, and has
lived and worked in the United States for many years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What do you think this novel
says about exile and the immigrant experience?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does exile change these characters, and what do you they find
themselves missing the most about home?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What was “missing” in the main
characters lives?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was “found”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marion observes that in
Ethiopia, patients assume that all illnesses are fatal and that death is
expected, but in America, news of having a fatal illness “always seemed to come
as a surprise, as if we took it for granted that we were immortal (p.396).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What other important differences does <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cutting for Stone</i> reveal about the way
illness is viewed and treated in Ethiopia and in the United States?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To what extent are these differences
reflected in the split between poor hospitals, like the one in the Bronx where
Marion works, and rich hospitals like the one in Boston where his father works?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the novel, Thomas Stone
asks, “What treatment in an emergency is administered by ear?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The correct answer is “Words of
comfort”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were you surprised that this
question came from Thomas Stone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marion suffers a series of
painful betrayals – by his father, by Shiva, and by Genet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To what degree is he able, by the end of the
novel, to forgive them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why did the author tell the
story in Marion’s voice …as opposed to Shiva’s?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>[Maybe Verghese himself was more like Marion than Shiva.]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marion and Shiva were identical
twins, but it is clear from events of the novel that their brains were “wired
differently” and their personalities complemented rather than copied or
duplicated each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one exception
being the “ShivaMarion” personality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why
do you think that is?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What did you think about
Shiva’s “split-personality” in his relationship with women?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the one hand he thought visiting
prostitutes was the most natural thing a young man could do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other hand he had such emotion and
compassion for the women (and girls) that came into the clinic with their
particular health issues – and sought medical treatment and came up with
inventions to improve their situation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What do Hema, Matron, Rosina,
Sister Mary, Genet and Tsige – as well as many women who come to Missing
seeking medical treatment – reveal about what life is like for women in
Ethiopia?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A passionate, unique love
affair sets <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cutting for Stone</i> in
motion, and yet this romance remains a mystery – even to the key players –
until the very conclusion of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does the relationship between Sister Mary and Thomas Stone affect
the lives of Shiva and Marion, Hema and Ghosh, Matron and everyone else at
Missing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think Verghese is
trying to say about the nature of love and loss?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why do you think Hema says she
will marry Ghosh “but only for a year”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>(p.218)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“The key to your happiness is
to own your slippers, own who you are, own how you look, own your family, own
the talents you have, and own the ones you don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you keep saying your slippers aren’t
yours, then you’ll die searching, you’ll die bitter, always feeling you were
promised more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only our actions, but
also our omissions, become our destiny.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This seems to apply to everyone in the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are each of the character’s
“slippers”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do they all manage to “own”
them?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Character discussions – word
association – rapid fire (what adjective best the following characters:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Genet<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Thomas Stone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Matron<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hema<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Marion<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Shiva.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What did you learn about
Ethiopia’s history as a country that you did not know before?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What did you want to know more
about but the novel did not provide the additional details?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The novel tells us of a missing letter early
on in the book – that surfaces at the very end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is its content what you expected to find?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about the book’s conclusion generally –
were you satisfied - why or why not?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-25499007037670108472018-08-27T11:36:00.003-07:002018-08-27T11:36:32.041-07:00The Dovekeepers, Alice Hoffman<br />
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food/medicine/healing was passed along to you from earlier generations of
women?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt;">1. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Dovekeepers, a historical fiction based on the siege of Masada, is obviously
not going to end well. How did this affect your reading of the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. What do the doves in the novel
represent? What about the dove keepers?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. In what ways were the four main
characters: Yael, Revka, Aziza, and Shirah similar and in what ways were
they different. Which character were you most drawn to and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4. In the story </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">each of the women has their own
talents (Yael – animals; Revka – observe what was only half there; Aziza –
silence; Shirah – water).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did these
talents affect their characters and how did these talents help them in the
story?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Which male character did you find compelling, and
why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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“a destroying sort of love” (pg. 46). What does she mean by that? Are there
other relationships in the novel that could be described in the same way?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. How do Shirah’s daughters react to the intimate
friendship that develops between Yael and their mother? Is Shirah a good mother
or not?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. “You don’t fight for peace, sister,” Nahara tells
Aziza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“You embrace it.” (pg. 343) What
do you think of Nahara’s decision to join the Essenes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she naïve or a true believer? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9. The figure
of Wynn, “The Man from the North,” who comes to serve the women in the
dovecote, is based upon archaeological finds at Masada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In what ways does Wynn come to bring the
women together?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compare Yael’s
relationship with Ben Simon to her relationship with Wynn.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. What do you make of Channa’s attempt to kidnap, essentially,
Yael’s baby Arieh? Is Channa different from the other major female characters
in the book? Do you find your opinion of her changes?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. How does magic function in the novel? What is the
relationship between Shirah’s Jewish beliefs and her use of spells?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. At the end of the story why do you think that Yael
takes Shirah’s name and identity as the Witch of Moab?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. Do you feel the lives of the women in The
Dovekeepers echo the lives of women in the modern world who are experiencing
war and political unrest?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. Why do you think it is so difficult to know what
the lives of ancient women were really like? Do you see any connection with the
way in which your own family stories are handed down through the generations?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Oppressed people find ways to forge identity and value among
themselves and in so doing, hold themselves apart and above the rest of their
society. The Jews of that time did so, and within the Jewish community, the
women had their own ways of strengthening their worth and supporting the larger
community. Do you agree with this assumption? If so, do you think that with
less oppression the Jewish people might have disappeared into general society?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. Is there anything you would like
to mention about the book that didn’t come up in discussion?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. Fast round: What was your
overall opinion of the book?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-68357483293980808512018-08-27T11:33:00.005-07:002018-08-27T11:33:48.951-07:00The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By Kate Morton<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 69%)</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Icebreaker:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What role did fairy
tales play in your childhood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Questions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The book begins with three
important events:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1) the child on the
ship; 2) Nell’s 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> birthday; and 3) Nell dying?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are your thoughts on this order of the
events?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would you have organized it a
different way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Did Hugh and Lil make the right
decision when they kept Nell?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(two parts)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">On the night of her
twenty-first birthday, Nell’s father, Hugh, tells her a secret that shatters
her sense of self.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How important is a
strong sense of identity to a person’s life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Was Hugh right to tell her about her past?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How might Nell’s life have turned out
differently had she not discovered the truth?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why to do you think Nell’s
father was compelled to tell her the truth?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Eliza, Nell and Cassandra all
lost their birth mothers when they are still children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How are their lives affected differently by
this loss?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How might their lives have
evolved had they not had this experience?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nell believes that she comes
from a tradition of “bad mothers”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does
their belief become a self-fulfilling prophesy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How does Nell’s relationship with her granddaughter, Cassandra, allow
her to revisit this perception of herself as a “bad mother”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In what ways do Eliza’s fairy
tales underline and develop other themes within the novel?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(two-parts)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(a)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why was Eliza so willing to do
anything for Rose – e.g. bear a child for her?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(b)</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why were others, like Adeline
and Nathaniel, also willing to cater to Rose?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Why to you think Rose had such
an obsession with having a child?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After Nell’s death, Cassandra
receives the deed to the cottage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A note
is attached saying “For Cassandra, who will understand why” (p.59).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What do you think Nell meant by this note?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">As we just discussed, Cassandra
was given a family mystery with a note that read “who will understand
why”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were given a similar note
from a family member along with a family mystery of your own, how would you
respond or react?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">11.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Did anyone pick up on the scene
where Mrs. Hodgson Burnett attended the garden party after Rose’s return from
New York, and her interest in the garden was “piqued” (p.381)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For those of you (like me) who did not know,
Hodgson Burnett was the author of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Secret Garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Why do you think the
author made such a connection between the two books?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">12.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Forgotten Garden</i> a love story or a tragedy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If so, in what way(s)?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Is it possible to escape the
past, or does one’s history always find a way to revisit the present?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">14.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What were your overall
impressions of the book?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Were there any
questions or subject matters we missed that you wish to raise?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Tansley Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15207224569442212428noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4598984608938113634.post-54654691331927882032018-08-27T11:32:00.000-07:002018-08-27T11:32:02.134-07:00The Girl in the Spider's Web, David Lagercrantz
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Girl
in the Spider’s Web<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By David
Lagercrantz<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tansley Reads Rating: 50%)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">Icebreaker </span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Which news
personality/journalist, in your mind, is the most credible and why?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which part of the book did you find the most
engaging?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was it the characters (who?),
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chart with: When are hackers harmful? – When
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Lisbeth kidnapped August did she do the
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On page 154 Detective Inspector Bublanski
reports that the doctor/rabbi said to him, “what matters is not that we believe
in God. God is not small-minded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
matters is for us to understand that life is serious and rich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should appreciate it and also try to make
the world a better place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whoever finds
a balance between the two is close to God.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">How does this fit with your
spiritual values?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did anyone in the story
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did you find the ending? Was it
satisfying?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you envision a better,
or different, ending?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What was the
significance of the last sentence “A star fell outside in the night sky.”?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Quick
round: What did you think of the book? Is there anything you want to discuss
that we missed?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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