The Night the Heads Came | Topics for Discussion & Projects

The Night the Heads Came Topics for Discussion

1. When did you figure out that the heads wanted Leo to do the opposite of what they told him to do? What tipped you off?

2. The novel is written in the present tense, instead of the much more common past tense. How does the use of the present tense affect your experience of the novel?

3. What cliches of alien invasion stories does The Night the Heads Came avoid?

4. Why does Tim think the heads were training him to be a great artist?

Were they actually training him?

5. How important is environmentalism to The Night the Heads Came? If all mention of environmentalism were removed how would the novel change?

6. Why do the heads say that Earth is unimportant?

7. Why does Leo sneak into the warehouse where the Others are...
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