The Age of Innocence

Which of these statements from the story do you agree or disagree with? Give your reasons.

1. It's better not to try to turn a dream from the past into reality.
2. Women ought to be free, as free as men.
3. It doesn't matter if a marriage is dull, as long as the couple respect each other.
4. When two people love each other, they may have to go against public opinion.
5. Sometimes you have to give up your own wishes, to save other people from misery.
6. A wife simply has to accept the rough as well as the smooth, the bad times as well as the good.

Great Expectations

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Choose one item and discuss your answers.

 

 

1. Joe should not have allowed his wife to scold him and give him orders, or to beat Pip with a stick.

2. Miss Havisham was right to use Estella to take her revenge on men.

3. Pip needed Herbert Pocket more than Herbert needed Pip.

4. If Magwitch's marriage had not broken up, he would not have become a criminal.

5. No matter how bad was Estella at Pip, he was right to love her.

6. Mr Jaggers shouldn't have taken Estella away from her mother.

King's Ransom

Which of these ideas about the story do you agree with, and which do you disagree with? Explain why you think this.

1. Jeff should have told the police about Eddie and Kathy.

2. When someone has been kidnapped, the ransom should always be paid, in order to save the person's life.

3. Informing the police was risky. They shouldn't have done it.

4. A good wife always supports her husband. Diane should have supported Doug and not left him.

5. Death should be the punishment for kidnapping a child.

Disconnecting from Technology

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