Answer TWO of the following:
Q1: Why do you think the author decided to name the entire book after Miranda's graphic novel? How does it seem to echo some of the 'real-world' issues of the future? Do you think Kristen and the others are aware of this? Or is just escapist entertainment for them?
Q2: The more we read, the more we learn that Arthur Leander is the "glue" that connects all the main characters together. What makes him such a significant and/or interesting character in the book? Why are people so drawn to him, even though in some ways he's a bit of a failure at the end of his life?
Q2: At one point Miranda tells her dog, "This life was never ours...We were only ever borrowing it" (101). What does she mean by this? How might this statement become important to other characters/moments in the book?
Q4: In Francois' interview with Kirsten, he tells her that he's created a library because "I believe in understanding history" (115). She seems unimpressed by this, saying that "everyone knows what happened." Why do you think he's taking the trouble to interview people for a newspaper that almost no one reads, as the head of a library almost no one uses? Does history matter if so few people are around to use it?
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