Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Topics for Discussion

1. Evaluate Vy as a mother. Consider her abuse of Dab as a child and the burden she places on Tree as a young girl. What are her redeeming qualities?

What is your overall evaluation of her?

2. Is the ghost of Brother Rush believable as he is incorporated into the story? If yes, what makes him so? If no, why is he not plausible?

3. What is the message which Brother Rush has brought to Tree through their journeys into the past?

Does she understand?

4. Tree has some anxious moments, but she is not terrified of the ghost.

Why not?

5. Not only Dab and Tree but also Miss Pricherd can see the ghost. However, Vy cannot. What point is Hamilton making about the characters?

6. Why do Tree and Dab experience...
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