Endymion book club questions

The reading plan

Meeting 1: Part 1

1. How much should Endymion trust visions that bring him sorrow?
2. Does leaving the festival seem like a failure of duty or a reasonable response to sorrow?
3. What might make his sister the person Endymion chooses to tell about his hidden love?
4. How does the festival setting change your response to Endymion's sorrow?
5. What reasons might Endymion have for keeping his love hidden before revealing it?
6. What kind of response from his sister would be most helpful after Endymion explains his sorrow?
7. How should being a ruler affect Endymion's freedom to follow his feelings?
8. Does explaining his visions make Endymion's sorrow easier to understand, or leave you wanting another explanation?

Meeting 2: Endymion

9. Does Endymion's journey beneath the earth seem more like courage or a response to grief?
10. How much weight should Endymion give divine encouragement when deciding whether to keep following love?
11. What does finding his beloved change about your judgment of Endymion's decision to enter the caverns?
12. How does leaving the beloved unnamed shape your interest in their meeting?
13. What changes when Endymion moves from explaining his visions to following love beneath the earth?
14. Is it fair to judge a grieving prince's pursuit of love differently from anyone else's?
15. What does the movement from a festival to hidden caverns suggest about Endymion's pursuit of love?

Themes to talk about

Tips for the host

1. Open each meeting with one question everyone can answer, then go deeper.
2. Anyone who fell behind can catch up with the 15-minute summary.