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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Colleagues and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our January book club meeting will take place on Zoom, January 6 at 7:00 PM. The Zoom details are below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our book is Hornet Flight by Ken Follett. The book is nearly 20 years old and I am unable to locate specific discussion questions. I believe that Nancy is also looking. In the mean time I have some generic fiction questions we may use.
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Telephone Dial: <a href="tel:6468769923">tel:6468769923</a><br>
Meeting ID: 829 725 6345<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hornet Flight Generic Questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. How did you experience the book? Were you engaged immediately, or did it take you a while to
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<p class="MsoNormal">"get into it"? How did you feel reading it—amused, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sad, disturbed, confused, bored...?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Describe the main characters—personality traits, motivations, and inner qualities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Why do characters do what they do? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Are their actions justified?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Describe the dynamics between characters (in a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> marriage, family, or friendship). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• How has the past shaped their lives? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Do you admire or disapprove of them? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Do they remind you of people you know?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Are the main characters dynamic—changing or maturing by the end of the book? Do they learn about themselves, how the world works and their role in it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. Discuss the plot:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Is it engaging—do you find the story interesting?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Is this a plot-driven book—a fast-paced page-turner?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Does the plot unfold slowly with a focus on character?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Were you surprised by complications, twists & turns?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Did you find the plot predictable, even formulaic?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. Talk about the book's structure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Is it a continuous story...or interlocking short stories?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Does the time-line move forward chronologically?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Does time shift back & forth from past to present?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Is there a single viewpoint or shifting viewpoints?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• Why might the author have chosen to tell the story<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> the way he or she did?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">• What difference does the structure make in the way<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6. What main ideas—themes—does the author explore? (Consider the title, often a clue to a theme.) Does the author use symbols to reinforce the main ideas? (See our free LitCourses on both Symbol and Theme.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">7. What passages strike you as insightful, even profound? Perhaps a bit of dialog that's funny or poignant or that encapsulates a character? Maybe there's a particular comment that states the book's thematic concerns?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">8. Is the ending satisfying? If so, why? If not, why not...and how would you change it?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9. If you could ask the author a question, what would you ask? Have you read other books by the same author? If so how does this book compare. If not, does this book inspire you to read others?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">10. Has this novel changed you—broadened your perspective? Have you learned something new or been exposed to different ideas about people or a certain part of the world?
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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