Group #1: What are the main conflicts in “Silent Dancing”?
Group #2: “Silent Dancing” ends with the question “Who is the New Year’s Fool this time?”
Why is this an effective ending?
Group #3: Do you think that as a boy the author of “A Clack of Tiny Sparks” considered Theresa
Sanchez an ally or an enemy? Why?
Group #4: Analyze the metaphor “a clack of tiny sparks.” How does it fit into the essay?
Group #5: According to Meghan Daum, dolls are “part of a larger semiotic equation.” What does
that mean?
Group #6: What is so constricting about childhood, according to Meghan Daum?