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Møte 1: Part 1 to Chapter 8

1. Can a custom's long history ever make it right, and how does the opening argument challenge that idea?
2. How does knowing about the narrator's family and skilled work shape your response to his captivity?
3. What does the journey suggest about the relationship between trust and vulnerability?
4. What does placing sales alongside Eliza's separation from her children reveal about the power buyers hold?
5. Does Chapin's intervention offer reassurance, or does it make Platt's safety seem more uncertain?

Møte 2: Chapters 9 to 15

6. How should we judge protection that frees Platt from ropes but leaves him surrounded by punishment?
7. What does seeking shelter with William Ford suggest about the choices available to someone fleeing violence?
8. How much weight should we give Ford's challenge to cruelty when Platt's peace remains temporary?
9. How do quotas, scant food, and whippings work together as forms of control?
10. What does the pairing of forced labor and violent entertainment suggest about how power fills the captives' days?

Møte 3: Chapter 16 to Roaring River

11. How might betrayal change the risks Platt is willing to take to seek help?
12. What does placing hidden shelters beside betrayal suggest about the trust escape requires?
13. How does the child imitating his father's cruelty affect your understanding of the violence against Patsey?
14. What makes Bass's help meaningful even while Solomon's wait brings growing despair?
15. How does the failed pursuit of justice complicate the meaning of Solomon's freedom and return home?

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