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Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What “morning ritual” did Jonas’ family participate in and what was “usually” the case with Jonas? (pg. 43)
What “frightening” dream did Lily have? (pg. 43)
What does the text say that “no one knew” about newchildren? (pg. 44)
What was Jonas’ dream about? (pg. 44-45)
What was “the strongest feeling” in Jonas’ dream? (pg. 46)
What word did Jonas’ Mother use to describe his feeling and how common was it for someone in the community to have it? (pg. 47)
What did Jonas have to start doing because of the dream he had? (pg. 48)
What did Jonas think “was always better” to talk about? (pg. 48)
How long was it required for people in the community to be treated with the pills? (pg. 49)
What was Jonas’ original disposition toward the feelings he had in the dream, before he knew what to call them? (pg. 49)
What had disappeared from Jonas by the end of the chapter? (pg. 50)
Logic Questions: (Interpreting, Comparing/Contrasting, Reasoning)
What did Lily’s dream and Mother’s dream have in common and what might that hint at about the community? (pg. 43-44)
Why would Jonas feel “oddly proud to have joined those who took the pills”? (pg. 49)
What exactly do you understand “the stirrings” to be and why is the pill needed to treat it?
Why might dream telling be mandatory in the community?
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of Ideas in the Text)
Was Jonas’ dream wrong to have? Do you think we bear any responsibility for the things we dream about, good or bad? Why or why not?
Given the nature of Jonas’ dream, should medication be used to regulate his feelings of want? Why or why not?
Theological Analysis: (Sola Scriptura)
Read Genesis 2:18-25, Song of Solomon 1:2-4 (and all of that book, really), as well as 1 Corinthians 7:1-5, and answer the following question. What do the Christian Scripture teach about sex? Is it good or bad, in itself? How, or in what context, should our sexuality be expressed?
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Desire, Coming of Age