Omkulthoom Qassem
9/9/13
Meet the Authors
“Box of Pandoras” Discussion
Activity:
Pull out a piece of paper and write down the name of the person you
first thought of as the murderer. Be honest!
Compare
results, who seemed like the most plausible suspect? Whose name was repeated
the most?
Questions:
1. What was your first impression of Loretta? Could you see
something of yourself in her character? Yes or no? and if yes what
characteristic?
2. Did any of you anticipate the outcome of the mystery? Did you
feel that there were enough clues for the reader to figure out who the suspect
was if they played close attention?
3. Loretta had many quirks about her, one of my favorites being
how she just found random sorts of pills in her bag and used them. What was
your favorite and why?
4.What was your impression of Harley and Loretta’s relationship?
5. When you began reading this book what did you anticipate it being
about?
6. If there is one part which you particularly liked or which stuck
out to you the most tell us which part and why?
7. What did you like most
about the author’s writing style?
8. Did the person you thought was the murderer shift throughout the
book? Did the author do this on purpose? Leaving red hearings for the wrong
people?
9. Which part surprised you the most?
10. And finally last but not least what did you take away from this
book as a whole?
I would like to address your second question, "Did any of you anticipate the outcome of the mystery? Did you feel that there were enough clues for the reader to figure out who the suspect was if they played close attention?". In class, we talked about clues and hints that distracted or diverted our attention ("red herring"). Personally, I felt that they way the story was written seemed a little too scattered. Throughout the entirety of the story, I had my suspicions of a lot of the characters, but I feel that while the author thought this was a good thing, in my opinion, the author should leave little hints that point to one character just a little more than the others, just so that the reader can begin piecing the pieces together (most likely through the second read-through). In any case, I felt that by pointing to most of the characters one at a time, it was nobody or everybody for me. Regardless, I enjoyed the story very much!
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said Jaime. I did like the red herrings and the fact that I thought everybody was a culprit at some point was different and unexpected in a good way. I did wish that there was more clues, because when I found out it was him I thought that was a lot of conjectures and no real hard evidence. Unless I missed something. I'm so used to the criminal shows that there is evidence that comes together to identify the culprit, but I did not feel this way when I read the ending of this book. Regardless, I really enjoyed reading this book and I love all the misdirects.
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