Shadow of the Giant | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Shadow of the Giant Topics for Discussion

1. Bean and four of his children were said to have Anton's Key turned. What is Anton's Key and what does it mean if it is turned?

2. After the capture of Volescu, what steps do Petra and Bean take to narrow the data and track down their babies' births among millions?

3. Bean plans to take the babies afflicted with his condition along with him on the starship without Petra or their normal babies. Why? And what is Petra's reaction?

4. What is the significance of Randi giving birth and raising Petra and Bean's missing child?

5. Peter Wiggin tells Rackham that Alai is doomed to die. Why does he say this and what facts support his opinion?

6. When Graff presents the members of Ender's Jeesh with an invitation to leave earth and join the colonization project, they turn him down. By the end of the story, all but Petra accept the invitation. What...
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