Dec 18, 2009

After Rain | Ideas for Group Discussion

Trevor has said that he is not interested in philosophical or psychological questions, but readers will find many opportunities to discuss these issues in his fiction. Readers should work closely with the text to suggest interpretations of individual stories, to compare two stories that share similar themes, and to consider these twelve stories as a group.

1. In a Trevor story there is usually a moment when a character must make a choice that will change his or her life. Select any story and imagine how the conclusion might be different had the character made another choice. For...