Ian McEwan is one of my favorite authors - I've enjoyed Atonement (a movie with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy) and On Chesil Beach, which was heartbreaking yet so beautiful that the sadness could be overlooked.
I've wanted to delve into more of his books because of his incredible way with the English language and have decided upon Saturday. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Questions for The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate
I hope you all enjoyed the book! I am posting the questions and hopefully everyone can get around to answering them in the next week. Next Saturday, Mary will post her book choice and we all will get reading! Cannot wait to hear your responses.
1. Do words like family and sister hold meaning that goes deeper than genetics?
2. Rebecca makes a lot of major life choices without really thinking about them, going to Maine, getting a dog,renting a house and giving up half of her inheritance. Why do you think she is able to make these decisions so easily and confidently, even while acknowledging that she doesn't really know what she's doing?
3. On page 211, Marianne talks about the woman her husband had his second affair with, saying, "He was carrying on a sexual affair, and she thought she was having a love affair." Can you really differentiate between the two? Is one type of affair more forgivable than the other?
4. Why do you think Joy keeps the painting of her father hanging in her house when she seems so opposed to talking about him and acknowledging his role in her life?
5. Were Pia and Daniel equally wrong in their situation, having both known all the details? Or is Daniel more at fault because he was the one who has already married?
6. Do you think Michael is more concerned about securing his own future than he is about helping Rebecca make the right decision for herself?
7. Should Rebecca be at all grateful to her father for preserving her happy and stable childhood? What do you think would have been the right thing for him to do?
8. Did you enjoy the book? What was a part you really enjoyed? Hated?
Remember if you want to respond to someone please do so in your post, and remember to sign your name.
-Kaitlin
1. Do words like family and sister hold meaning that goes deeper than genetics?
2. Rebecca makes a lot of major life choices without really thinking about them, going to Maine, getting a dog,renting a house and giving up half of her inheritance. Why do you think she is able to make these decisions so easily and confidently, even while acknowledging that she doesn't really know what she's doing?
3. On page 211, Marianne talks about the woman her husband had his second affair with, saying, "He was carrying on a sexual affair, and she thought she was having a love affair." Can you really differentiate between the two? Is one type of affair more forgivable than the other?
4. Why do you think Joy keeps the painting of her father hanging in her house when she seems so opposed to talking about him and acknowledging his role in her life?
5. Were Pia and Daniel equally wrong in their situation, having both known all the details? Or is Daniel more at fault because he was the one who has already married?
6. Do you think Michael is more concerned about securing his own future than he is about helping Rebecca make the right decision for herself?
7. Should Rebecca be at all grateful to her father for preserving her happy and stable childhood? What do you think would have been the right thing for him to do?
8. Did you enjoy the book? What was a part you really enjoyed? Hated?
Remember if you want to respond to someone please do so in your post, and remember to sign your name.
-Kaitlin
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