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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•Who was Mary Tudor?
•Who was Elizabeth Todor?
•Who was Mary Stuart?
•Who was Catherine de’ Medici?
•How did the hereditary title work in practice?
•What was the purpose of royal gifts?
•How did the Queens handle religion?
•What were the challenges to the Queens sovereignty?
•When Mary Tudor was Queen, did Elizabeth Tudor betray Mary?
•What succession decisions did Henry VIII make?
•How did Henry VIII treat the daughters?
•How did Mary Tudor handle traitors?
•Why did Philip not return to England for Mary’s funeral?
•Why did Philip want to propose that Elizabeth become Philip’s wife?
•Why did France transition from jousting to other pursuits that were less risky?
•What happened to Darnley?
•How did the Roman Empire effect English life?
•Who was James Hepburn?
•How did Darnley perish?
•What decisions did Mary’s child, King James make?
•Why Did Mary, Queen of Scots decide to seek the help of Elisabeth after the battle of Langside?
•What strategies did Cecil use to trap the Queens?
•How was Mary, Queen of Scots executed?
•How was Catherine de’ Medici treated in France?
•Why did Catherine revoke the bank against revenge?
•Who did Mary, Queen of Scots decide was a suitable heir to the kingdom?

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What is the myth of the political spectrum?
•Why do tribes exist?
•What is the essentialist theory of ideology?
•What is the social theory of ideology?
•Is there an underlying theme to tribes?
•What does support for a tribal claim signal?
•Did the tribes change?
•Did the tribes become more extreme?
•How are the tribes defined?
•How did essentialism effect the U.S.?
•Are people tribal? Why do people hide their tribalism?
•How does education effect tribal essentialism?
•What do the tribes fear?
•How did the U.S. get a political spectrum?
•How to overcome essentialism?
•What is the private language fallacy?
•Can there be more than two political categories?
•Is there a true essence that defines ideologies?
•Is change an underlying essential principle?
•Is did Christianity change political ideology?
•What size of government do the political parties want?

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•Why did the east and west have a power and wealth reversal?
•What factors were involved in the rise of the west?
•How did competition effect society?
•What was science used for?
•Why was science valued in the west and not the east?
•Who made the Enlightenment possible?
•What are property rights?
•How did medicine effect society?
•Is a consumer society only for consumption?
•How did infinite choice become homogenizing societies?
•How does a work ethic effect society?
•What was the source of the west’s work ethic?
•Who made most of history?
•How to think about history?
•What are the aspects of civilization?
•What happened to the voyages of Zheng He?
•What did Bolivar want for South America?
•What kind of democracy did Hugo Chávez have?
•Why did the British use coal?
•How was a consumer society formed?
•What is the effect of religion?

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4 - Fiction - 10/12/2024 = Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
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While reading the collection, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What effect do authors have on their readers?
•What inspired these stories?
•What are the themes of the stories?
•What choices are presented to the characters?
•What backgrounds do the characters come from?
•How are the characters challenged?

While reading The Adulterous Wife, consider the below questions:
•Where are Janine and Marcel going?
•Why is Janine referenced as an ‘Adulterous Wife’ in the title?
•Is there love between Janine and Marcel?
•What are Janine and Marcel differences?
•What does Janine want?
•How is Janine’s faith tested?
•Does Janine reconcile Janine’s roots with Marcel?

While reading The Renegade, or A Confused Mind, consider the below questions:
•Who is the narrator?
•Where does the narrator’s missionary work lead the narrator?
•How does the narrator interact with those in Taghaza?
•Why does the narrator want vengeance and against whom?
•How does the narrator’s loyalty changes?
•Who does the narrator betray?

While reading The Voiceless, consider the below questions:
•Who is Yvars?
•What does Yvars do?
•Can Yvars change professions?
•What happens where Yvars works?
•How does work place interactions change after the strike?
•Who depends on Yvars?

While reading The Guest, consider the below questions:
•Who is Daru?
•What is the situation in the region?
•Who is Balducci?
•Why does Balducci bring the prisoner to Daru?
•What must Dary do with the prisoner?
•What did the prisoner do to become a prisoner?
•Can the prisoner escape?
•Should Daru transport the prisoner?

While reading Jonas, or The Artist at Work, consider the below questions:
•What does Jonas think of others?
•What is Jonas belief system?
•What happened to Jonas parents?
•How did Jonas become an artist?
•How did Jonas meet Louise?
•How did Jonas become famous?
•How did Jonas’s attention become divided?
•What is the point of disciples?
•How does Jonas manage attention?

While reading The Growing Stone, consider the below questions:
•Who is d’Arrast?
•Why did d’Arrast come to Brazil?
•How is d’Arrast treated?
•What happens to the chief of police?
•Who is Socrates?
•What miracle is taking place in the grotto that people celebrate as a holiday?
•Who is the cook?
•What promise did the cook make?
•Why did the cook want d’Arrast to come to the celebration?
•What happened at the celebration?
•What happens when the cook carries the stone?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.