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Why is the OASIS so important to people in Wade’s world?

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Why is the OASIS so important to people in Wade’s world?

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Why does James Halliday build the contest around 1980s pop culture?

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Why does James Halliday build the contest around 1980s pop culture?

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How do Wade, Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, and Daito each contribute to the hunt?

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How do Wade, Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, and Daito each contribute to the hunt?

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How does Wade change from the beginning of the book to the end?

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How does Wade change from the beginning of the book to the end?

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What does Art3mis understand about the contest that Wade sometimes misses?

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What does Art3mis understand about the contest that Wade sometimes misses?

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How does Aech’s real-world identity change Wade’s understanding of friendship?

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How does Aech’s real-world identity change Wade’s understanding of friendship?

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Is the OASIS mostly a solution to society’s problems or an escape from them?

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Is the OASIS mostly a solution to society’s problems or an escape from them?

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What does the novel suggest about nostalgia? Is it harmless fun, useful knowledge, or a trap?

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What does the novel suggest about nostalgia? Is it harmless fun, useful knowledge, or a trap?

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How does the book compare real identity with online identity?

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How does the book compare real identity with online identity?

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What is the book saying about corporations controlling technology?

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What is the book saying about corporations controlling technology?

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Is Halliday’s final lesson convincing: that reality is the only place where true happiness can be found?

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Is Halliday’s final lesson convincing: that reality is the only place where true happiness can be found?

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Would you want to live in the OASIS if you lived in Wade’s world?

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Would you want to live in the OASIS if you lived in Wade’s world?

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Does the book celebrate video games and pop culture too much, or does it use them effectively?

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Does the book celebrate video games and pop culture too much, or does it use them effectively?

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What modern technology feels most like the OASIS today?

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What modern technology feels most like the OASIS today?

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Do people today use online worlds, social media, or games the way Wade uses the OASIS?

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Do people today use online worlds, social media, or games the way Wade uses the OASIS?

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What piece of pop culture would you know well enough to build a Halliday-style challenge around?

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What piece of pop culture would you know well enough to build a Halliday-style challenge around?

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Have you ever had an online friendship that felt as real as an in-person one?

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Have you ever had an online friendship that felt as real as an in-person one?

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What parts of your identity are easier to show online than in real life?

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What parts of your identity are easier to show online than in real life?

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What warning does the book offer to readers today?

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What warning does the book offer to readers today?

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Is Art3mis more focused on winning the contest or fighting IOI?

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Is Art3mis more focused on winning the contest or fighting IOI?

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What does Aech bring to the group besides technical skill?

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What does Aech bring to the group besides technical skill?

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What kind of person was Halliday, based on what the movie shows us?

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What kind of person was Halliday, based on what the movie shows us?

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What does the movie say about escaping into fantasy?

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What does the movie say about escaping into fantasy?

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How does the movie handle the difference between online identity and real identity?

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How does the movie handle the difference between online identity and real identity?

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Why is Halliday’s regret about Kira important?

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Why is Halliday’s regret about Kira important?

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What does Wade learn from Halliday’s mistakes?

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What does Wade learn from Halliday’s mistakes?

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What is the movie saying about corporate control of digital spaces?

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What is the movie saying about corporate control of digital spaces?

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Does the movie suggest that games can teach people important lessons?

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Does the movie suggest that games can teach people important lessons?

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How does the movie use action scenes to keep the story moving?

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How does the movie use action scenes to keep the story moving?

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Which visual world or pop-culture reference stood out the most?

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Which visual world or pop-culture reference stood out the most?

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How does the race for the first key work better visually than it might on the page?

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How does the race for the first key work better visually than it might on the page?

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What effect does the horror-movie sequence in The Shining have on the story?

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What effect does the horror-movie sequence in The Shining have on the story?

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How does the final battle compare to video game battles you have seen or played?

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How does the final battle compare to video game battles you have seen or played?

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Did the movie make the OASIS feel exciting, dangerous, or overwhelming?

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Did the movie make the OASIS feel exciting, dangerous, or overwhelming?

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What major changes from the book did you notice?

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What major changes from the book did you notice?

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Did the movie make Wade more active, likable, or heroic than the book?

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Did the movie make Wade more active, likable, or heroic than the book?

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How is the movie version of the first key different from the book version?

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How is the movie version of the first key different from the book version?

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Why do you think the movie changed many of Halliday’s challenges?

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Why do you think the movie changed many of Halliday’s challenges?

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Does the movie simplify the story in a helpful way or remove too much depth?

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Does the movie simplify the story in a helpful way or remove too much depth?

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Which version gives a stronger warning about escaping reality: the book or the movie?

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Which version gives a stronger warning about escaping reality: the book or the movie?

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Food for Thought: (1) Would you use the OASIS if it existed? 

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Food for Thought: (1) Would you use the OASIS if it existed? 

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Food for Thought: (2) Should Wade and his friends have closed the OASIS more often than two days a week?

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Food for Thought: (2) Should Wade and his friends have closed the OASIS more often than two days a week?

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Food for Thought: (3) Was Halliday wise to leave control of the OASIS to the winner of a contest?

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Food for Thought: (3) Was Halliday wise to leave control of the OASIS to the winner of a contest?

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Food for Thought: (4) Is the movie mainly a fun adventure, or does it have a serious message?

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Food for Thought: (4) Is the movie mainly a fun adventure, or does it have a serious message?

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Food for Thought: (5) Would IOI controlling the OASIS really be worse than one teenager controlling it?

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Food for Thought: (5) Would IOI controlling the OASIS really be worse than one teenager controlling it?

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Food for Thought: (6) What online space has felt meaningful to you?

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Food for Thought: (6) What online space has felt meaningful to you?