The Star | Topics for Discussion
1. When one travels far from home, does one leave everything of home behind, including behaviors, beliefs, or traditions?
2. Is it a contradiction for a Jesuit priest to be an astrophysicist?
3. What message of hope is the author conveying by setting his story in the future?
4. What message of despair does Clarke convey by the Jesuit scientist's discovery?
5. What is being discovered in this story? Is it the natural wonders of the universe? Is it the nature of humanity? Or could it be the nature of God, as the Jesuit astrophysicist defines God?
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