"Book Club Chat" by Sarah LeFebre https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo 1. Post your group's question as the title 2. Give a summary of the answer to the question. 3. Reference any textual evidence that applies to your answer. en-us 2018-02-06 19:29:56 UTC 2018-02-07 17:59:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Consider Arrow's thoughts on pulling the trigger... is she the weapon or is her rifle? How would victims of school shootings feel about this? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098058 Arrow is the weapon because she decides whether or not to pull the trigger. We believe victims of school shooters would also agree that the person behind the trigger is the weapon.
 ]]> 2018-02-07 14:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098058 How does Kenan view his fellow citizens? Their struggles, choices, and attitudes? Does Kenan's classification of the "three types of people" ring true to you? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098130 Kenan categorized them in three groups the ones that run, the ones that fight, and those that just stand an watch. He feels that the ones that run away are the ones that they are kind of selfish because they are trying to get out and save them self. The ones that fight they are thinking of other, he admire them because he know is something that he can't do. The ones that watch is what he describes as his group because they just watch. ]]> 2018-02-07 14:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098130 In the beginning of the novel, Dragan is said to avoid his friends + coworkers b/c "the destruction of the living is too much for him." how has this ritual been his way of coping w/ this war? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098375 He says this because he doesn't want to be reminded of the time before the war. ]]> 2018-02-07 14:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098375 #2: Why does Arrow insist on using her nickname rather than her birthname? What message is she sending to others and herself by insisting her nickname be used? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098519 Arrow insists on being called her nickname because she believes that the person she was before the war is quite separate from who she is now. She feels the need to be someone else, because who she was a naive little girl and the war changed her views on life. ]]> 2018-02-07 14:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098519 Why does Kenan continue to fill Mrs. Ristovski's water containers? Really?! It's more than a simple promise to keep. https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098817 He keeps the promise because she reminds him of life before the war. He sees her as a symbol of strength now more than bitterness. He also has a sense of respect for her strength.]]> 2018-02-07 14:15:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229098817 #5 Why does Kenan continue to fill Mrs. Ristovski's water containers? It's more than s simple promise to keep. https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229230820 He believes that it is his moral duty to be kind and generous when she is not. At the end of what we have read Kenan looks back at where he left Mrs.Ristovski's water and continues on his way. The war has forced him to do things he would otherwise not due in order to contain a sense of civility. ]]> 2018-02-07 17:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229230820 #1 https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229231726 The people in Sarajevo weren't interested in war but it was interested in them because they ended up in the middle of the war when they didn't want to be. 

]]> 2018-02-07 17:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229231726 #2 Why does Arrow insist on using her nickname rather than her birth name? What message is she sending to others and herself by insisting her nickname be used? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229231790 She wants to separate herself from her innocence and her job in the war. War changes people and the way of living and no one is themselves any more. ]]> 2018-02-07 17:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229231790 How does Kenan view his fellow citizens? Their struggles, choices, and attitudes? Does Kenan's classification of the "three types of people" ring true to you? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229232873 Kenan said that some people ran, some people that are helping the wounded and also some that stand in awe of what has happened. Kenan saw people who ran as selfish. The one who stayed were honorable with helping people. Something that Kenan couldn't bring himself to do. I think that the attitudes and behaviors of the people around him are true in this situation and also in other situations. ]]> 2018-02-07 17:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229232873 In the beginning of the novel, Dragon is said to avoid his friends + Co-workers b/c "the destruction of the living is too much for him" How has this ritual been his way of coping w/ this war? https://padlet.com/slefebre/pait4fysefvo/wish/229234245 Because he doesn't want to remember the past due to  what's currently happening.

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