April 12

Read pp. 1-124

1. What does this novel teach us about the following issues:  friendship, loneliness, solitude, privacy, and marriage?
2. What are the leitmotifs of the work? How do these structure and drive the work?
3. Bring two of your own questions for discussion, especially in connection with works we have read in the class to date.

April 15

Finish the work

1. Wha is Sensei's root problem/issue?

2. What are we to do about our loneliness?

3. When are we to die?

4. How are we to blame for the suffering of others?

5. What is the greatest gesture of love we can make?

6. Bring your own questions.