One+Summer+Questions

 1. What is the father’s view of God?  2. Why does he have this view?  3. Is his son spiritual? Explain your answer.  4. ‘We are here together, sorting the whole stupid thing out.’ Is this the function of religion, parents or both? Explain your answer.  5. ‘It is a simple reconciliation of ideas that defines his world.’ What does this line mean?  6. Despite his own lack of spirituality, the father prays to God as he searches for his son. Why? What might this suggest about the nature of faith?  7. ‘Then I dropped my hands and saw my blood, the fresh red blood of a sinner, staining my fingers and my shirt.’ Why does the father view himself as a sinner?  8. ‘Every moment in every place forms a random unity that determines the direction of our lives.’ How does this philosophy sit with Christian belief? Explain.
 * Questions – One Summer **