(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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It's been suggested that Doerr spends more time with Marie Laure's story. Is this true? If so what is the function?
Discuss the meaning of the title.
What bothered you about the book? Why?
Does Werner gain redemption in the book? Why or why not
The narration moves back and forth both in time and between different characters. How did this affect your reading experience? How do you think the experience would have been different if the story had been told entirely in chronological order?
A criticism of the novel is that the “Berlin” chapter in section Eleven: 1945 seems unnecessary, irrelevant, or disconnected from the rest of the story. Do you agree or disagree? Why do you think Doerr included this chapter?
What did you think about the book overall? Why?
Choose a symbol in the story. What importance does that symbol play?
Identify a mowaw in the text
Speculate about what happened to the Sea of Flames in the end of the story. Do you believe in the curse? Why or why not? Support your opinion with specific details from the novel.
Discuss any irony you see in this final section.
Choose a foil character in the story. What role do they play in helping us understand Werner or Marie Laure?
It has been suggested that Werner is the Sea of Flames. How are the two alike?
Discuss the symbolism, connections, and relationship between Werner and Volkheimer in the chapter “The Beams” (p. 393).
The book begins and ends with chapters titled "Leaflets". Discuss the significance of this.
Does Werner gain redemption in the book? Why or why not
Choose a passage that you felt the author conveyed a mood particularly well. Review that passage, selecting details that contributed to that overall tone.
Choose a passage containing figurative language. How does this aid in understanding the book's theme?
It could be said that this novel is about redemption. Do you agree? What is the message about redemption? Do you feel that Werner was redeemed in the end? Why or why not?
What was your favorite chapter in the book? Why?
“To shut your eyes is to guess nothing of blindness” (390). What is the significance of this line, in the story and in a more figurative or universal sense?
