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 Marley and Me:
1. What does John Grogan suggest our pets teach us about life and living? What lessons can we learn from them?
2. What is it that allows 4-legged creatures to burrow into our human affection? Why does this cross-species devotion exist —on our part and theirs? What do humans, in particular, gain from it?
3. For cat lovers, do humans have the same relationship with or devotion to—and from—their feline pets?
4. What parts of the book did you find particularly funny, even laugh-out-loud (LOL) funny?
5. Did you find Marley endearing, annoying...or what?
6. Use your discussion for personal stories and Show & Tell photographs. Everyone's got a great story to share!
(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)
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