Problem 1: What did you see in this story that felt familiar to our current world?
Problem 2: Do you think this story is a realistic vision of the future? Why or why not?
Problem 3: Do you agree with the decision the narrator makes to reject the binary and go off the grid?
Problem 4: What do you think are her odds of success? What would help her to be more successful? Be specific both biologically and culturally.
Problem 5: Ishmael instructs the narrator to invent a new way to live and reminds us of our ability to cooperate and learn collectively. What can the inventors do to be heard in a world filled with naysayers, doomsdayers, and authority for authority's sake? Are you listening to the inventors in your life or are you focusing on the naysayers and the doomsdayers? What can you do to help open yourself up to those voices or become one of them?