![]() ![]() ![]() How does Mary Elizabeth’s death affect Rosanna? How does it change her relationship with the children who follow?Ħ. How does Smiley use the children’s points of view at all ages-including when they are very small-to show their development and coming-of-age in real time? What are some of the memorable traits that carry from infancy to young adulthood for each of the five children?ĥ. When those traits prove true, do you think it’s because of nurture-her and Walter’s influence-or nature-personalities fully formed at birth?Ĥ. Rosanna assigns personality traits to each of her children in infancy. How does Smiley use this structure to propel her story?ģ. ![]() Each chapter in the novel takes place over the course of one year. What do you think the title means? Whose luck does it refer to? Is it only good or bad luck, or does the word “luck” shift in connotation as the novel goes forward?Ģ. ![]()
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