Bastard+Out+of+Carolina+5B

=Bastard Out of Carolina=

Group Members:
Phil L Erica P (facilitator) and cookies Sam H - Fruit
 * Christine

**Meeting Time: May 1 1-2:30; 5B**
1. Was Shannon's death an accident or a suicide? 2. What is the relationship Bone and Butch have together, beginning at the funeral? 3. What is the significance of Woolworth's Store? 
 * Factual Clarifying Questions:**

1. How are Bone and Shannon similar/what makes them compatible? 2. How is Uncle Earl both a role model and a bad influence for Bone? 3. Are Anney's actions forgivable? Why or why not?
 * Character** **Questions:**

1. Why does Anney's relationship with Glen become more important than her relationship with Bone? 2. Bone's relationship with Shannon is affected when they fight. Is the argument because of Shannon's views on slavery, or is it because Gospel had become a big part of Bone's life and she couldn't be with it? 3. Why do the Boatwright women stay in relationships that are obviously unhealthy? Is Aunt Raylene's choice of living alone better or worse than this?
 * Relationship Questions:**

1. Disobedience becomes a larger part of Bone's life as she grows up. Does it help her or make her situation worse? 2. What is the significance of Bone's birth certificate? Why does it matter so much to Anney? 3. Bone is introduced to a variety of definitions about love. Does this help relationships with others or hinder them?
 * Theme Questions:**

1. How does the "white trash" stereotype affect Bones' family? 2. Would Bone's family interact differently if they lived farther apart? 3. How would the results of Bone's assault been different if the story took place in contemporary times?
 * Setting Questions:**

1. "Mama was ashen and silent and wouldn't look at me. It was my fault, all my fault. I had ruined everything." (Allison 250) How does Bone's ideas about who is to blame for their circumstances change? 2. "...my theory is that if you create a character and if you tell enough about that character, even if you are creating someone who is a villain or someone who does terrible things, if you tell enough about them, then you have the possibility of loving them." -Dorothy Allison
 * Significant Quote Reaction Questions:**

How does the author's perspective apply to Glen and other unlikable characters in the novel? 3."Bone, no woman can stand to choose between her baby and her lover, between her child and her husband. I made the woman I loved choose. She stayed with her baby and I came back here alone"(Allison 300). Why does does Anney leave Bone on Aunt Raylene's porch in the end?


 * Outside Sources:**

http://go.galegroup.com.prxy2.ursus.maine.edu/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=maine&tabID=T001&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE|H1420035584&&docId=GALE|H1420035584&docType=GALE (Critical Essay on __Bastard Out of Carolina__)

http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/zale/allison/allison.html (Interview with Dorothy Allison)