Who is Ben? What is her life like prior to the deaths of her parents? What is her life like after their deaths? What are her strengths? What are her weaknesses?

Who is Florian? What kind of person is he? What are the major factors in his life that have affected the kind of character he becomes? What are his strengths? What are his weaknesses?

Compare Ben and Florian. What are the things that motivate them? What are their attitudes? Are the believable characters? Are they likeable?

What is Sophia's role in Ben's life? What are the things that motivate her? What are her strengths? What are her weaknesses? What does Ben think of her? What does Ben come to realize about her?

Describe how Ben and Florian become acquainted. Describe three of their meetings and how their relationship changes over the course of...