Thursday, December 1, 2011

Book Talking


Wonderful perspective on the treatment of witches in the 19th century.  How much does mob mentality influence what we believe?  Can the frantic search for witches make all the girls in the community wonder if they are indeed themselves witches?  Briony thinks she can link herself with a death and a sickness, because she was wishing for those things to happen when she became angry.  Is she really responsible?