The Literature and Language Book Club will meet from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, January 16 in Room 3N-6 at Harold Washington Library Center to discuss A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.
Here are some discussion questions from litlovers.com to consider as you read:
- What is Cyril Fielding's relationship with Indians at the beginning of the novel? How do his views of them change during and after the trial?
- Describe Dr. Aziz—what kind of person is he? Is his fondness for Mrs. Moore, Adela Quested, Fielding and other British well placed? Is his disillusionment at the end justified? Or were his affections naive and overly trusting to begin with—yes...no?
- Fielding and Dr. Aziz become friends. On what is their friendship based—what draws the two men together? The friendship is strained in the aftermath of the trial; why? Is Aziz justified in his anger toward Fielding?
- Adela breaks off her engagement to Ronny Heaslop. Why? What do you think of Ronny? Why does Adela change her mind after the car accident?
