Questions for Volume VIII: Brief Lives

DanielDaniel
edited April 2014 in Weekly Questions Before Reading
****Here are questions and topics to keep in mind before reading Vol. VIII: Worlds' End.  No spoilers please!  And keep this to questions/topics to consider, not discussion or reflection.  That will begin on April 12th***


'Worlds' End" can be used in a mythical sense of "Here's the edge of the world, there's nothing past this" 
As civilizations have progressed, how has the meaning of "The World" changed and expanded?
What does the "World" mean to you? How does that idea change when you're in love, or stressed out, or depressed? Does this idea change for you when you're at work?
 
With that in mind, what is the world that each of the characters exist in?

Comments

  • MarianCallMarianCall
    Sorry to be late, here's my addition to the Vol. VII questions.

    What is different when you tell a story to a stranger you've never met before and will probably meet again?  You've probably had those encounters -- what marks them, and what are you more likely to say / not say?

    These stories sort of have something in common in that they're disturbing to the tellers, and therefore a kind of confessional.  What does it take to disturb these folk?  Is there something in common throughout the stories nibbling at everyone's subconscious?
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