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Independent Book Reading-Block G (SS24), Level Three Questions, The…
Independent Book Reading-Block G (SS24)
Val, Harvey, Mia, Wei, Phin
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Themes
Morality
Challenging Concepts
A lot of the characters had difficulties maintaining their sanity as more people started dying around them
Connection:
In The Stranger, one of the characters was mentally unstable which is similar to how Judge Margrave was crazy and how the characters drove themselves insane because of their guilt and fear.
The novel was written such a long time ago that the language and style felt outdated.
It was difficult to understand how different characters died
There were so many characters that it was hard to distinguish one from the other.
Connection:
In Never Let Me Go, one of the themes present in the novel is ethics. This is similar to how the topic of mortality is conveyed in And Then There Were None
Guilt
Paranoia
Justice
Justice Wargrave
Immorality: His actions involve premeditated murder, make himself a killer and murderer.
Arbitrary: His judgments are based on his own personal biases and interpretations of justice, rather than objective standards.
No Redemption: He denies the victims the opportunity for redemption
Vengeance
Deceit
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Themes
Saccharinity
Challenging Concepts + Structure
Using children for organ donation
Using children's artwork to analyze who they are
Not being able to control your future
Time isn't something that is given, it is something you have to make
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main idea was with organ donation but it got more into the relationships. might have been better if been better if it wasn't solely based on the relationships part
odd dynamics; kind of a slow burn
Level three Questions
What do you think is compelling Kathy to return to Hailsham?
What do you think Ruth's intentions of keeping Kathy away from Tommy show about her character?
What do you think are aspects that reflected the character's innocence and how did Hailsham continue it?
Connection-Agument
The idea of cloning kids for organ donation comes from a good place, but should not be executed as such.
Tommy and Kathy should have gotten together as a couple sooner before becoming carriers
Connection- Probing Question
What do you think caused the government to decide to clone and raise kids for organ donation?
Nostalgia
Mortality
Ethics
Deference
Prerogatives
the stranger by Albert Camus
The absurdity of life
Emotional Detatchment
His motivations
Meursault has no discernable reason for his actions, such as his decision to marry Marie and his decision to kill the Arab.
Level Three Questions
Does our justice system work to the best of its ability?
Is it ok to give personal judgment to a criminal when the law does not give justice?
How do traumatic experiences alter your mental stability?
Does guilt break people?
The Meaninglessness of Human Life
Like all people, Meursault has been born, will die, and will have no further importance.
Meursault realizes that, just as he is indifferent to much of the universe, so is the universe indifferent to him.
MAJOR THEMES
