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    This document provides discussion questions for a socratic seminar on the novel "All The Light We Cannot See" and asks students to develop their own questions. It includes 7 questions about specific events and themes in the novel related to characters' losses, symbols of death, how major themes apply, the legend of the Sea of Flames, and whether creating fictional accounts of real events like World War 2 is problematic. Students are asked to develop their own questions to support discussion in their next class.

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    This document provides discussion questions for a socratic seminar on the novel "All The Light We Cannot See" and asks students to develop their own questions. It includes 7 questions about specific events and themes in the novel related to characters' losses, symbols of death, how major themes apply, the legend of the Sea of Flames, and whether creating fictional accounts of real events like World War 2 is problematic. Students are asked to develop their own questions to support discussion in their next class.

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    BlogTask#6

    Inadditiontothequestionsadheringtothisblogtask,ensuretodevelopquestionsofyourowntosupport
    oursocraticseminar

    inournextclass!

    Light/Berlin

    1. Shortlyaftertheendofthewar,theauthorchosetoincludetwotragicincidentsthedeathof
    Werner,andtherapeofJutta.Whydoyouthinktheauthorplacedtheseeventssidebysidewith
    theendofthewar?(/I/C)

    Jutta

    2. Juttaadmitsthefollowingaboutthememoriesofherbrother:Onlyrarelydoessheloosentheseals
    enoughtoallowherselftothinkofWerner.Inmanyways,hermemoriesofherbrotherhave
    becomethingstolockaway.Inyouropinion,isthisagoodwayofdealingwithJuttastragicloss?(
    /I/C)

    SaintMalo

    3. Inthefinalchapterofthisnovel,MarieLauresgrandsonMicheldiesinavideogame,buthetells
    Marienottoworrybecausehecanalwaysbeginagain.Whatdoyouthinkisthemessageabout
    death?(/I/C)

    GeneralDiscussion

    5. ThefollowingaremajorthemesthatcanbeappliedtothegenreofAmericanLiterature:The
    MeaningofFreedom,ChoicesandPossibilities,TheImageoftheHero,andTheJourneyfrom
    InnocencetoAwareness.HowmightthesethemesbeappliedtoAllTheLightWeCannotSee?

    (
    /3K/3I/C)

    6. Nowthatthenovelhascometoaclose,doyoubelievethelegendoftheSeaofFlamestobetrue?
    Furthermore,whatdoyouthinktheSeaofFlamesdiamondsymbolizes?(/K/I/C)

    7. DominicGreen,writerfor

    NewsRepublic,disagreeswithhistoricalfictionlikeAllTheLightWe
    CannotSee.HearguesthateventslikeWorldWarIIshouldnotbeframedinafictionallight,asit
    normalizescertainaspectsofthewar,andromanticizesothers.Developapositiononthisviewdo
    youthinkitsproblematictocreatefictionalaccountsofrealevents?(Thefullarticlecanbeviewed
    here).(/I/2A/C)

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