What is/are your overall impression(s) of this novel? What is the most important idea you pulled from the text? Why did we read this novel? Would you recommend it to someone? Why or why not?
What do you think happened to Mike at school (use textual evidence to support your response)? What is the significance of this event? How can he heal?
Now that you are about halfway through the novel, what would you say is one of the most important themes developing so far? What motif(s) is McNickle using to explain and/or develop this theme? Cite textual evidence to support your claims.
What is the power/importance of place in this novel? How has the physical setting affected each of the characters?
"Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace." ~Joseph B. Wirthlin
In the very beginning of The Surrounded, we find out that Archilde's brother Louis is a wanted man for stealing horses. Archilde's nephew, Mike, brings up stealing several times in their limited conversation, and Archilde calls him out on this every time. What do you think the author is trying to tell us in these few lines?
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