Small Deaths | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Small Deaths Topics for Discussion

1. Do the musical references date the story? 2. Was the anticlimax satisfying? 3. Why would Zoe scare Gordon Wolfe? 4. How good a judge of character is Zoe?

How do her judgments affect her relationships to the other characters in "Small Deaths"?

5. Does Zoe suffer a "small death" during the story?

6. Why does Hilary not remember the confrontation with Bob?

7. What is it that Zoe does for Gor-don/Bob?

8. Is learning of her ability to heal people a blessing or a curse for Zoe (or perhaps something else)?

9. Zoe does not believe in coincidences, and Bob does not seem to either, so how would they explain Gordon Wolfe's approaching her as he did?

10. Is Hilary's assertion "Creeps don't need reasons for what they do; that's why they're creeps" true? Is...
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