Second Round Table Discussion - Initial Thoughts

This is our second round table discussion, our main focus in the discussion was our initial thoughts. The questions that we answered were:


- How was he treated?
- What are Matt's relationships with others?
- Thoughts on clones?
- Why is he locked in a house and then a room?
- Who is Celia?
- What does 'eejit' mean?
- Setting? What do we know?
- The creation of Matt at the beginning
- Matt's feelings of isolation, then reaction to the kids
- Eduardo fright of not producing kids
- Thoughts about Matt
- What do we know about El Patron?

Beginning Round Table Discussion

This is our first Round Table Discussion. We answered the following questions:
- Why would Farmer have chosen to organize the table of contents in this way? What might this tell us about the theme of the novel?
- Why would Farmer choose to include a cast of characters? A family tree? How could this change your experience of the novel?