Hi Everyone! I see you have started your conversation about the book! Bravo! Please feel free to continue your conversations regarding the theme of loyalty. In class we've discussed WHAT an author writes, and HOW an author writes. For the next post, I want you to choose to look at the WHAT or the HOW. If you choose WHAT the author is writing, think about the inner turmoil True Son is experiencing as he is forced into his "new" world. What evidence does the author provide to convey his trouble to the reader? Think about the juxtaposition of his family's difficulty accepting him and trying to aid his transformation. If you choose HOW the author writes, I want you to think about the way the author progresses the story and helps the reader view similar events from varying perspectives. How does reading about True Son's perspective of the landscape help you to appreciate the setting? When you read Mr. Butler's perspective of "keeping the books" versus True Son's idea of his father "like a storehouse of useless figures of land, crops, and money" how does it help you, as the reader, understand the varying perspectives of the characters? What do you think is the author's purpose of supplying the reader with both sides of the story? I hope you are enjoying the book!