![]() ![]() As a teenager, he becomes enraptured with a militant environmental justice group, lead by a mysterious figurehead known only as "Bishop." In what ways does Seymour's ideology initially match that of Bishop's group? How does Seymour's ideology in his adolescence compare to his thinking later in life? In your opinion, what accounts for the change? After the death of Trustyfriend, Seymour falls into deeper and deeper mourning for his beloved forests and their inhabitants.How does the loss of Maria, Moonlight, and Tree affect these characters? What do you think would have happened to them had they not encountered one another in the forest outside Constantinople? In the immediate lead-up to the siege of Constantinople, Anna and Omeir suffer personal tragedies on opposite sides of the city walls.What does your futuristic library look like? How does the virtual library of Konstance's time differ from the library in modern-day Idaho? In what ways are they similar? Imagine a library in the year 2200 AD. Compare the library in Lakeport and the one aboard the Argos. ![]() Libraries play a central role throughout the novel, both as sanctuaries for children and as stewards of knowledge.How does Anna's response to the image of Cloud Cuckoo Land compare to Aethon's when he envisions a city in the clouds in Folio β? What does Cloud Cuckoo Land represent for each of them? Early on in the novel, Anna is enchanted by an ancient fresco in an archer's turret each time she looks at it, "something stirs inside her, some inarticulable sense of the pull of distant places, of the immensity of the world and her own smallness inside it" (page 36).How does your opinion of Sybil change as the novel progresses? In your opinion, is she a sinister character, a benevolent one, or neither? As the novel progresses, Sybil's objective remains the same, but her role in Konstance's story grows more and more complicated. Sybil's core objective is to keep the crew safe. Consider Sybil, the omnipresent, teacherly AI system aboard the Argos, to whom we are introduced in the prologue. ![]()
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