The Wonderful Wizard of Ozの読書会で話し合う質問

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第1回の読書会：Chapters 12 to 8

1. What makes Dorothy's love of home understandable, even after life on the gray prairie?
2. How might being freed by a fallen house shape people's first feelings about Dorothy?
3. Would you continue toward Oz after a welcoming host warned of danger? What would matter most in your decision?
4. How might the rescued woodman's lost love shape what he hopes a heart will give him?
5. What does Dorothy's defense of Toto suggest about what makes her willing to confront danger?

第2回の読書会：Chapters 9 to 13

6. What does the mice's rescue suggest about who can offer meaningful help?
7. When kindness leads to help in return, does that change the value of the original act?
8. Would you accept the green spectacles as a reasonable condition of entry, or would the requirement make you suspicious?
9. How does an unexpected escape through water affect your sense of the travelers' control over their fate?
10. What does Dorothy's effort to get her companions repaired suggest about her priorities?

第3回の読書会：Chapters 14 to 24

11. What responsibilities should come with Dorothy's power to call on rescuers who are bound to serve?
12. How should discovering an ordinary man behind Oz's frightening appearances change the travelers' judgment of him?
13. What makes Oz's gifts valuable if his frightening appearances were a deception?
14. What does the friends' willingness to seek Glinda suggest about their bond with Dorothy?
15. What does the china figures' need to remain unharmed in their own land suggest about the connection between safety and freedom?

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