April 2024 - Wed., the 10th @ 7PM
Horse: By Geraldine Brooks
Discussion Questions:
- Do the multiple time periods help or hurt the story?
- Jarret’s connection with horses is presented as stronger than his bonds with people. How does his love for and dedication to Lexington help or hamper his coming of age and his transformation over the course of the novel?
- Martha Jackson was a real American gallery owner and art collector. Discuss her portrayal in HORSE and what her relationship to the painting of Lexington conveys about her character. What does her storyline contribute to the novel’s themes?
- It’s clear in the novel how central horseracing was in the 1850s, a passion as much in the North as the South, among Black Americans as White Americans. Why do you think it was so popular?
- With whom in the story do you think the author, Geraldine Brooks, most identifies? Why?
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