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Book 1 - Discussion Questions
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Once a teacher, always a teacher. ^_^
Class? Discuss Book 1 - The Affected Parade.
1. What themes were emphasized throughout the story, if any?
2. How did the setting -- with its above ground / underground divide -- enhance or take away from the story?
3. Which character did you most strongly relate to, and why?
4. Did Lilith change or evolve throughout her journey? If so, what triggered the changes?
5. Did certain parts of the story make you uncomfortable? Why?
6. What are your predictions for Lilith's future?
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Ok Fang, to do this justice requires a little thought (and not just a little re-reading) on my part.
Some of the questions I could probably answer now, but I'll hold off until I can put them all together.
(I feel like I'm back in an English Lit class, thanks for that!)
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WA_side: (I feel like I'm back in an English Lit class, thanks for that!)
Hah! Is that a good thing...? ;-)
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The 'issue' with this is I'm gonna need to sit down and reread everything again. :D
So off the top of my head...1.) Uuuhh, stereotypes and racism? (hmm that sounds bad)
2.) To be honest, the divide isn't very clear. Without the bonus stories, how much of a mention does the underground even get? After the first few chapters there isn't much from below grounds 'view' as it were.
3.) Anna does it alot of character development in bonus stories! Dunno, including bonus stories I'd say Bryan. I appreciate his uh, tact, and doing the right thing while breaking the rules (even if in the case his helping Lilith it can be seen as furthering the aims of the Guild in general).
4.) Hmm I'm sure she did change, and since I can't think of anything that stands out particularly that isn't also recent, for example, Amber losing it? I'd say Lilith's changes were pretty subtle. Never got over her trust issues though.
5.) Only Anna's smutty bonus stories, especially the ones including you, Fang :O. Oh, I suppose when Sam has snared Lilith in the bath.
6.) Honestly, I expect Lilith to not hand around for long at the Guild. She'll end up trusting no one yet again. :P
I'll try to reread it all and come back and do this again.
The internet, it's inspiring but equally distracting. -
eSpyre: 1.) Uuuhh, stereotypes and racism? (hmm that sounds bad)
Yeah, that's about all I can think of! Social classes and racial divides and such.
eSpyre:2.) To be honest, the divide isn't very clear. Without the bonus stories, how much of a mention does the underground even get? After the first few chapters there isn't much from below grounds 'view' as it were.
There isn't much of the underground as a setting, true... I kind of pulled that question out of nowhere! But I guess it's only impact is the same thing as above - showing divides and such.
eSpyre:3.) Anna does it alot of character development in bonus stories! Dunno, including bonus stories I'd say Bryan. I appreciate his uh, tact, and doing the right thing while breaking the rules (even if in the case his helping Lilith it can be seen as furthering the aims of the Guild in general).
Yeah, I liked the bonus stories as it gave me more space to dig deep into each character and figure out what made them tick. Hopefully in Book 2 I'll manage to add more characterization into the book itself instead of leaving it mostly for the bonus stories!
eSpyre:4.) Hmm I'm sure she did change, and since I can't think of anything that stands out particularly that isn't also recent, for example, Amber losing it? I'd say Lilith's changes were pretty subtle. Never got over her trust issues though.
Yeah, in the rewrite Lilith will need to evolve a little more. I did try to make her refer to the Affected less and less as "monsters" and see them more as people, but I don't know how well I managed...
eSpyre:5.) Only Anna's smutty bonus stories, especially the ones including you, Fang :O. Oh, I suppose when Sam has snared Lilith in the bath.
I loved the Sam shower scene!!
eSpyre:6.) Honestly, I expect Lilith to not hand around for long at the Guild. She'll end up trusting no one yet again. :P
Hmmm... *smiles*
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Ugh now I see that typo, 'hang' not hand... >_<
Too late to edit of course.I did occasionally note the times Lilith thought affected rather than infected, more of the former less of the lesser as the story progressed. Still that's subtle! :P
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Subtle is my middle name!
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