Reading group questions: The Sense of an Ending by Andrea Rodriguez https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00 Language IV -Portfolio 3 en-us 2023-08-18 00:15:17 UTC 2023-11-14 15:46:12 UTC hello@padlet.com What does the tittle mean? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789147966 2023-11-14 13:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789147966 Can you describe the classmates' bond? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789182731 2023-11-14 13:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789182731 How does Adrian strike him? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789184589 2023-11-14 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789184589 In the first paragraph, the author makes allusion to water (steam, rivers, bathwater). How does he use "water" as a metaphor? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789224072 2023-11-14 14:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789224072 In the second paragraph, how does the narrator regard time? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789224791 2023-11-14 14:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789224791 Why does the author start the story by referring to water imagery and the concept of time? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789332767 2023-11-14 15:17:02 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789332767 What's the students' conception of history? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789340980 2023-11-14 15:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789340980 What is literature for them? What do they relate this to? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789343022 2023-11-14 15:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789343022 Quote (p. 42): "But I think I have an instict for survival, for self -preservation. Perhaps this is what Veronica called cowardice and I called being peaceble." Why does Tony say this? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789350057 2023-11-14 15:26:56 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789350057 pg. 44. What's Tony's opinion on mental damage? According to this, how can people react to damage? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789356358 2023-11-14 15:30:45 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789356358 At school, Adrian says, "we need to know the history of the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us" (p. 13). Why does he say so? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789364875 2023-11-14 15:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789364875 In addition to Adrian's earlier statement about history, Adrian also says, "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentation" (p. 18), and then Tony says, "History isn't the lies of the victors ...It's more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious nor defeated" (p. 61). Which of these perspectives do you think is most accurate to the story? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789368689 2023-11-14 15:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789368689 Explain the last lines of the novel about the end of life, and relate this to the plot: "There is accumulation. There is responsibility. And beyong these, there is unrest. There is great unrest." andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789378417 2023-11-14 15:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789378417 Think of the words: accumulation, responsibility, and unrest. When does the narrator use these words? andreasely20 https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789380283 2023-11-14 15:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/andreasely20/vhysog7md5ykvh00/wish/2789380283