Alien Citadel | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Alien Citadel Topics for Discussion

1. Early in this book, we learn that Earth's cities and technology were destroyed by a terrible nuclear war before the Slavers arrive. The author says that humans who have such weapons will always use them. Do you believe this?

Why or why not? Would the aliens have been able to, or even tried to, take over Earth if humans still had these weapons?

2. Finn is taken prisoner when he explores the alien ship. Why didn't he let his companions know he was going inside? Why didn't he wait for them to help him?

3. If Slavers have so much advanced technology, why do they need human slaves to work for them?

4. Cacinnix at first seems genuinely interested in talking to Finn, but when he hears Finn's anger at the Slavers' cruel treatment of humans, he decides that the translator...
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