NOTE: If you've fallen behind on responding to question in class, you can respond to TWO of these and e-mail them to me or bring them to our next class.
ALSO: No Class on Tuesday! The ECU Interscholastic Meet is taking over our class. So read Part Four for next Thursday's class!
QUESTIONS FOR STATION ELEVEN, PART 3 (Jess & Josie)
Q1: In chapter 15, Miranda narrates that “He [Arthur] doesn’t tell the whole story,” about how they came to be together. He leaves out details about how Pablo hit Miranda. This seems to happen often, because Arthur talks for/about Miranda pretty regularly. Are we, as people, made up of facts? Do we get to reinvent our stories through the retelling or omitting of pieces? Does this make us all actors?
Q2: As we get more description of Dr. Eleven in part three, we can see exactly how much of it is based on Miranda’s life. She draws from personal experience to inspire her art. Luli the pomeranian, Neptune Logistics, even her ex-boyfriend Pablo all make an appearance. Does this make her art bad or unoriginal? What do other characters seem to think? Why, of all the mediums out there, does she pour herself into comics? How does this contrast with Arthur, a renowned actor?
Q3: Jeevan tells Miranda that, “Work is combat.” (pg. 103). How have we seen this illustrated throughout the book? Is Jeevan saying that he has hated every job he’s had? Does this conflict with what we know about Jeevan?
Q4: Part three is told almost entirely in the past (before the pandemic) except for the transcript between François and Kirsten. What was the significance of including this transcript? What affect did these transcripts have on the overall story of the novel? Are the transcripts relevant to the rest of part 3? Specifically the interview in chapter 18? How?
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