 | What role does family play for a child? |
| How does prejudice affect a child's view of the world
around him? |
| How much does the values and views of parents affect
the reaction of the child to similar ideas? |
| At times children are expected to follow
ideas/traditions that they don't understand and cannot be explained by
their parents. How can a child find his place in society when he does
not know where he fits in the community? |
| How can family become confusing? (Heritage and
honour) |
| Can family be logical? |
| What role does family play in David's life? How much
is he affected by the values of his family? |
| How is the issue of class dealt with in this story? |
| Children are impressionable and believe and pick up
on everything they hear around them. How is this true in this story? |
| What role does language and education have to
distinguish class? |
| What is the gender statement used by the father in
the story? How does it affect David? What was his father's problem -the
fact that David has grown up or that he plays with dolls? |
| How does the father's crude comment affect the
children's fantasy play? (identity) |
| Does name calling affect children? Would children
realize that these crude statements as hurting? |
| Why does David confuse white with being a coward at
the same time sees it as good and pure? Analyse the confusion between
the two interpretations of white? |
| How does father's reaction to the possum affect the
children? Why is the father not entertained by the children's amusement? |
| What is the shame that David faced? How is he to wipe
away the shame he does not understand? |
| What would happen to a child that works against his
nature? (none violent - violent acts) |
| How has his actions affected David? Why does he
feel guilty for killing the animal when he saved his family honour? |
| What is David's father's view about being a MAN? |
| Why is David seen as an "automaton figure"? What has
changed? |
