Since we'll be reviewing our summer reading this week, I thought I would post some questions here for you to consider. These first questions are about the novel we read by Elizabeth George Speare. You don't have to answer them all (unless, of course, you want to!)... but I would love to read your thoughts.
Some things to think about...
In the novel, Kit comes to Wethersfield from Barbados. What are some differences bewteen her two homes (old and new)? Where would you prefer to live?
Life in a colonial setting was extremely difficult and fraught with many hardships. How do you think the witchcraft scare was used to make sense of these hardships? Can you sympathize with the people of Wethersfield or understand why they were afraid of "witches?"
Can you think of ways that COMPASSION influenced the outcome of the novel? Which characters were the most compassionate? How and why?
If you could summarize the theme of the novel in one word, what would it be?