Novel People Of Eastover discussion

1. What were your feelings about the University finding ways of admitting those who could afford to pay vs. those who were academically qualified? Do you think this still holds true in today’s academic environment?

2. The act of “resurrecting” cadavers was common to Western medical education until fairly recently. What do you think of this practice, especially given that it often served the greater good? How is cadaver theft complicated by the context of American slavery?

3. Nemo murdered two people in the novel. Once by stopping another grave robber and once by accident when he tried to quiet the prostitute he thought was dead when sold to him by her pimp. Did these two acts change your feelings about Nemo and his situation at all?

4. Do you approve of Jacob hacker’s actions throughout his stressful week? What would you have liked to see him do differently?

5. Did you feel Fitzhugh deserved Nemo’s act of revenge? Do you think there were other ways Nemo could have extracted revenge instead?

6. Did you feel the ending of the novel gave you the resolution you sought to the story or did you feel the author tied things up to quickly and simply