Group 3 Discussion Questions. (The Third Person)

1. When Eddie finds a place to eat dinner, what the place looks like? (Inside/Outside)

2. When Eddie sees his dad, what is the Eddie’s feeling?

3. On page 106, here is a sentence “All parents damage their children”. Do you agree? If not, what’s your opinion?

4. After you read about Eddie’s father, is he a good father? Why or why not?

5. At the end, Eddie forgave his father? Why or why not?

Group 2 Discussion Questions. (The third person)

1 Before Eddie met the third person, why the author wrote a lot of words about the boxcar dinning room and about his father？

2 What is Eddie’s feeling about his father?

3 Why the boxcar dinning room is the Ruby’s heaven?

4 Why the Ruby hoped the Ruby Pier did not be built?

5 When Eddie’s father was at hospital, why Eddie showed his dirty fingernails to his father?