Our final session assignment
1. Imagine a friend caught you reading To
Alpha From Omega and asked you the following questions: (Individual comments)
a.
What’s the book about?
b.
Why is it called To Alpha From
Omega?
c.
What are main messages of the book?
Are the messages positive or negative?
d.
Which characters did you particularly
like?
e.
What was your favorite episode or
passage?
f.
Is it easy to read?
g.
How does it end?
2.
More in-depth analysis: (Group discussion)
a.
Are all the characters including
Jason flawed in some way?
b.
Did you dislike any of the main
characters? Why?
c.
Summarize what you believe might be in Jason’s
report when he returned to Omega.
d.
What do you think Jason’s attitude to
Alphans would be at the end of his tour of duty?
e.
At which moments in Jason’s time on
Alpha did he consider the possibility of staying on Alpha?
f.
Did Jason’s disappearance from his
secured facility remind you of any other great escapes in history?
g.
How would you judge the behaviour of
Jessie, Joanne and Sandy towards Jason?
h.
How likely is the genetic engineering
project in the latter part of the book?
i. What is the significance of the ending of the book?
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