Anatomy of a Murder (Traver)

Discussion Questions 
Use our LitLovers Book Club Resources; they can help with discussions for any book:

• How to Discuss a Book (helpful discussion tips)
• Generic Discussion Questions—Fiction and Nonfiction
• Read-Think-Talk (a guided reading chart)

Also consider these LitLovers talking points to help get a discussion started for Anatomy of a Murder:

1. Manion's culpability—if you were on the jury how would you vote?

2. Insanity pleas—are we rational or irrational beings? To what degree are we responsible for our actions? Are there extenuating circumstances?

3. The central irony of the work—how the justice system seems to subvert truth. How is truth skewed in this novel? Is justice achieved? Is Traver's portrayal realistic—or simply poetic license ? If realistic, what are the real life implications? (For a good understanding of irony, check out LitCourse 8)

4. Whom did you root for and why? Do you feel Travers manipulates his readers?

(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)

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