The Owl Service | Topics for Discussion & Projects

The Owl Service Topics for Discussion

1. Gwyn knows he is of a lower class than Alison and Roger. How does his language, when he talks to each of them, show he resents this inequality?

2. Who is the most and who the least intelligent of the young people, Gwyn, Alison, or Roger? What specifically makes you think so?

3. Using Garner's scattered hints, put together a full account of the last enactment of the Blodeuwedd myth, the one that involved Huw, Nancy, and Alison's uncle Bertram.

4. Assuming Gwyn is to some extent Garner's self-portrait, what does he show were Garner's feelings about himself as he wrote the book? Are Gwyn's differences with his mother resolved?

Does his future become more clear? Is his bitterness healed? It may help to know Garner suffered an emotional breakdown after The Owl Service was written.

5. The young...
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