Questions for Volume IV: Season of Mists

MarianCallMarianCall
edited March 2014 in Weekly Questions Before Reading
Here are reading and discussion questions to think about while reading Sandman Vol. IV: Season of Mists.

Keep them non-spoilery questions if you please!

We'll discuss this volume starting on the weekend of March 15-16.

Some thoughts to start:

We get our first good glimpse of the whole family together here (most of them, anyway).  How irritating would it be exactly to have Destiny as an older sibling and Desire as a younger sibling?  Scale of 1-10.

What is the real function of hell, both in the series and as an element of popular mythos/religion?  How are people punished there, truly?

To which delegation of gods do you think you belong?

Comments

  • DanielDaniel
    There was a very significant choice made in this book. 

    Do you agree with the choice made?
    If it had been you, would you have made the same choice?


    Which choice do you think I am thinking of?
  • reo_1963reo_1963
    The major characters have been introduced and firmly established in Vol I to III.
    What standard mythological idea(s) does the author now turn inside out and upside down in Vol IV?
  • Joi_the_ArtistJoi_the_Artist
    Heck of a week; just not getting around to posting some questions! 

    Is this the first time we see how drastically the Endless
    can change? One has gone missing forever, and another has changed her nature
    entirely. What does it mean for Delight to become Delirium? Obviously, humans
    are still capable of feeling delight, so why did she change, and what does that
    say about both delight and delirium?

    We are all bound by our obligations, but are those bonds of
    our own choosing? Is freedom the best thing, or are some bonds better or more
    right than pure freedom?

    Why do we hold on to toxic relationships and behaviours that
    only destroy us?

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