1

Multiple Characters in this memoir experience domestic abuse. Describe the role of domestic abuse in this memoir. How is it presented? Which characters experience it? How do different characters handle it, or are affected by it, differently?

2

Why does the author often describe himself as being between two worlds? What worlds is he between? How does he cope?

3

The author says that when he was young he felt as he should have been born a girl. Would his life have been the same if he had been a girl?

4

The author writes the following about his father: "What gives me courage is remembering the man he used to be. What disheartens me is knowing the man he has become."

What does the author mean by this? From what you have learned about the author's father, is his assessment correct?

5

Compare and contrast the lives of the author...