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Det er faktisk diskusjonsspørsmål bakerst i min versjon av boka. Kan legge ut noen av dem her. Er for lat til å oversette, håper det går bra :)

Advarsel: Litt "spoilerisk" når det kommer til hvordan boka ender, men ingen detaljer er med.

• How does the book portray the relationship between Melanie and Miss Justineau? Do you find it unsettling or reassuring? Does it change in the course of the novel?
• Do you view the ending as tragic or hopeful? And what do you think will happen next?
• "Which weighs the most, Helen? Which will do the most good in the end? Your compassion or my commitment to my work?" (spoken by Dr Caldwell to Helen Justineau) Does the book offer us an answer to this question? What does the book have to say about scientific inquiry?
• Discuss: the book ultimately portrays the future of humankind as hopeless.
• Caroline Caldwell would have been a more sympathetic and likeable character if she was a man. Do you agree with this statement? Why? Why not?
• The accepted definition of a road movie includes the idea that the journey the characters undergo changes their perspectives on their own lives and the world they live in. Is The Girl With All the Gifts a "road novel"?
• What difference, if any, does the use of the present tense for the narrative voice make to our experience in reading the novel? Why do you think the author chose it?

Takk, Anette! :-) Disse må jeg se nærmere på når det ikke er så tidlig på dagen ;-)