Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for BOOK OF THE LITTLE AXE … then take off on your own:
1. How would you describe Rosa Rendon and her role in the Rendon family? What about the other members of the family—Eve and Jeremias, especially.
2. Talk about the changes that take place in Trinidad and Tobago—and their effect on the Rendon family—when the British take over from the Spanish.
3. (Follow-up to Question 2) Before reading this novel, were you aware of the history of Trinidad and Tobago and the racism inherent in British rule?
4. The novel incorporates the perspectives of both Creadon Rampley and Victor, Rosa's son. What do they contribute to the story? Do you find their points-of-view engaging: what do they add to the storyline?
5. Describe Victor. Talk about what that takes place when Like-Wind returns after a winter hunt with a runaway slave. What makes this episode so consequential?
6. Talk about the initiation rites of passage for young men among the Apsaalooke tribe. What is the "vision" that Victor must aquire, and why is it crucial in finding his manhood?
(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online and off, with attribution. Thanks.)
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