Literature
Discussion Topics
- What
was your reading experience?
- What
did the author say?
- What
did the author mean?
- How
true is it?
- Was
it worth saying?
- Title
- What
was the significance of the title?
- What
does it mean?
- Was
there a double meaning?
- Epigraph
- Often
a book begins with a quotation that sets forth the theme or tone of
the book.
- Epigraph
may appear before the title page.
- What
did the epigraph set forth?
- Characters
- Were
the characters believable?
- Which
characters did you like, hate or admire?
- Were
the characters exercising their free will or were they being acted
upon by Fate?
- Who
was the narrator of the story?
- Is
the story told in the present or the past?
- Motivation
- What
was the motivation of the author?
- What
are the most important relationships in the book?
- What
are the most important events and milestones in those relationships?
- Plot
- Was
the plot believable?
- Was
the resolution believable and satisfying?
- What
are the main confrontations, conflicts or tensions of the plot?
- Was
the setting important to the plot and/or characters?
- What
was the effect of the location on the characters' choices and attitudes?
- Does
the setting function almost as a character in the book or is it relatively
unimportant?
- Writing
Style
- What
sort of imagery and language does the author use?
- Is
the story told in chronological order or through flashbacks?
- Did
the author use foreshadowing of certain scenes early in the book that
are later developed?
- Was
the language stark, verbose, flowery or straight-foreword?
- Were
there many descriptions of the setting?
- Was
there anything strikingly different about this author's writing style?
- Framing
Scenes
- How
does the book open?
- How
does the book end?
- Were
these scenes effective?
- Themes
- What
is the book about? (As opposed to the plot, which is "what happens"
in the book)
- What
is the main idea that drives the action and the characters?
- Flaws
- Did
the book have problems?
- What
were they?
- What
changes could be made to make an even more effective book?
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