- Discussion groups for
Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman
- Section 2: Our Time
Part 1(59-120): The back story
- (1a=59-76)Garth 1
- (1b=66-76)Garth 2
- (2=76-84) John’s
struggle
- (3=84-93) Shadyside
childhood
- (4=93-100)The TV
robbery
- (5=100–106)
TV robbery continued
- (6=106-111) The phone
incident
- (7=111-120) Black
Fire
- Topics to discuss
- Plot
- story line of this
section, beginning, middle and end; turning point
- Transition from
previous section and to succeeding section
- Subsections and
transitions between them
- Character
- Naming and describing
the characters–types and individuals
- Changes in character
- Relationships and
changes in relationships
- Setting
- Describe and explore
locations and changes in locations
- Theme
- Relation to title
themes: book and section
- Personal and social
issues
- Consistent or inconsistent
"message"
- Striking language
- Pick a passage
of no more than half a page to read aloud and say why you chose it;
what it discloses