QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

1. Is there a particular event or scene that influenced the outcome of the book more than another?
   
   
2. How do you feel about Spoon as a person? Would you be friends with him? Do you think he’s clairvoyant?
   
   
3. How much does history affect each of the characters and their relationships with one another?
   
   
4. In what ways is Spoon a traditional Western? Are there ways in which it challenges this genre classification?
   
   
5. What was unique about the setting and how did it enhance or take away from the story?
   
   
6. What specific themes did the author emphasize throughout the novel? What do you think he is trying to get across to the reader?
   
   
7. Do the characters seem real and believable? Can you relate to their predicaments? To what extent do they remind you of yourself or someone you know?
   
   
8. How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events trigger such changes?
   
   
9. Did certain parts of the book make you uncomfortable? If so, why did you feel that way? Did this lead to a new understanding or awareness of some aspect of your life you might not have thought about before?
   
   
10. In what ways did you identify with the situations and/or characters?
    
    
11. What major emotions did the story evoke in you as a reader?
    
    
12. Many of the ranch owners and families agree that they would die for their land. To what extent does concern for land/property continue today? What would you die for?

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