Topic 1

Every day, Torey’s girlfriend Leandra makes a deal with herself that she won’t talk evil about people. Yet, every day by third period, she’s back at it. Does this self-delusion fall into the harmless category, or is this the kind of destructive illusion that has created the whole Chris Creed mess?

Topic 2

Torey is accused of seeing “everybody’s side in everything;” he thinks about what he would be like if he had Bo’s life; and Torey later reflects on how he “walked in little Greg’s shoes...in Lyle Corsica’s shoes...Ali’s shoes.” Is that accurate; does he really empathize with other people? If so, does this character trait serve him well?

Topic 3

Torey says Renee’s self-delusion is bad because she’s trying to do harm, while Chris’s self-delusion was fine because he was just trying to...