My Soul to Keep by Tananrive Due

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1. What is MY SOUL TO KEEP really about? Would immortality be a
blessing or a curse?

2. What was Jessica’s biggest mistake in this novel? What was David’s biggest mistake in this novel?

3. How are real-life relationships mirrored in the relationship of Jessica and David?4. Is David capable of true love as we know it?

5. What role, if any, did Jessica’s Christianity play in this novel?

6. Do you think that Peter knew the moment of his death, who his killer was? How and/or why?

7. How would you describe the friendship between Dawit and Mahmoud?

8. Are there any evil characters in this novel?

9. In what ways does this novel make you question your concept of what’s “good” and “evil”?

10. At one point, the ghost of Jessica’s father tells her, “There are no good monsters.” Do you agree with his statement? Is David a monster? Why/Why not?

11. What does Christ’s blood mean to the immortal Life Brothers? Would the use of Christ’s blood in this novel bother Christians? Why/Why not?

12. How would you live life if you knew you were immortal?

13. What do you think of the separatist philosophy of the Life Colony? Is the Living Blood being wasted?

14. Who is most responsible for the tradgic death in the Louisiana motel room?

15. Should Jessica have given Kira the injection of blood? Why/Whynot?

16. If you were Jessica, how would you have behaved if David showed up in South Africa by the end of the book? What, if anything, should she have done differently?

17. In what ways, if any, has Jessica changed by the end of this book? In what was, if any, did David change by the end of this book?

All of the questions above can be found at http://www.tananarivedue.com/MySoulToKeep.html#My Soul Discussion

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