How does each of the characters respond to the loss of the family fortune? Why does Barbra believe that her experience of this loss is different than everyone else’s? Who does she believe is most imprisoned by their possessions, and to whom does she think wealth should belong? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?ħ. How much control do the characters seem to have over their own lives, and how much is a matter of luck or fate? How are wealth and good fortune ultimately defined by the story’s conclusion?Ħ. When Andrew turns to comedy, what does he discover as one of the true joys of this kind of performance?ĥ. Why did Saina want to be an artist as a young girl? What does she believe the purpose of art should be? What was Saina taught about the choice between art and marriage or motherhood, and what does she come to think of this teaching as an adult?Ĥ. What does Charles hope to recover? Is his plan reasonable-or successful? What do his children and his wife think of his plan?ģ. Why is Charles Wang mad at America and mad at history? What does the novel suggest or reveal about “the American Dream”? What does Charles have to say about the American Dream and whom it belongs to?Ģ.
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