![]() ![]() ![]() NPR’s reviewer wrote: “Although Onion is a child of 10 when we meet him, as a committed ne’er-do-well he is difficult to embrace.” Did you find Henry to be a sympathetic character? A good narrator?.How does the author bring humor to a subject not typically written about in this tone? Is he successful? What does humor allow us to contemplate about history that we might not have thought otherwise? McBride himself calls it a book of “caricature”. In the abstract, a funny story about slavery might not seem possible. The New York Times’s reviewer call the the book “uproarious”.Were you familiar with John Brown and the events at Harpers Ferry before reading the book? Has the fictional retelling changed your perceptions of John Brown as he relates to American history?.Discussion Questions for The Good Lord Bird by James McBride ![]()
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