Why ask why? What is the purpose of a question? Why do we ask questions? What makes a question a good one? Is curiosity a good thing? Why do you think Lily’s father sometimes became annoyed with Lily when she asked “Why?” Could a question really save the world? Could it destroy it? Can asking … Why?
Max experiences the fantastical forest and monsters as if they are real. Does that mean that the forest and monsters are real? How do you know whether something is real or imagined? How do you know whether or not you are dreaming right now? Is it possible for time to go by without anything changing? … Where the Wild Things Are
WHAT IS MAGIC? Is magic real? What kinds of things are magic? IMAGINATION AND EXISTENCE Can anything you imagine really exist? If you had a magic pebble like the one Sylvester found what would you do with it? What would you wish for? What other ways could you get your wish? Do you think the … Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Did what we did affect the book? How do we know what’s going to happen? How do we know when one event causes another event? Was the book magic? Contributed by Gobe Hirata
Why is Edna unsatisfied that she can only see three colors (white, black and blue)? Are there unknown things that you wish to see and learn about, just like Edna? What are they? What are the most important things to know? If Edna had only ever seen three colors, then how could she know that … Penguin Story
What is it to be alive? How can we tell if something is alive or not? It moves. It has a face. It eats. It sleeps. It talks. It grows. It dies. It feels. It thinks. It communicates. Are the following alive? Why or why not? Rocks. Water. Cars. Bees. Toasters. Books. Light. Rain. Feelings. … Owl At Home – “Owl and the Moon”
Where do thoughts come from? Do we always do what we intend? What is the relationship between what we intend and our actions? Do we have control over our thoughts? Over our actions? What is the mind? What kinds of things have minds? Can a pen have a mind? A table? A plant? An ant? … Obstinate Pen
Why does Morris believe that the cow is a moose? Does Morris have good reasons for believing this? Does the cow have good reasons for insisting she is not a moose? What are these reasons? When the animals see their reflections in the stream, what makes them conclude that they are not the same after … Morris the Moose
Jack has real experiences, but doesn’t feel anything – does this make his experiences inauthentic in some way? What makes an experience an authentic one? What does it mean to be authentic? Jack is breathing and working and eating and sleeping, but is he really living in any meaningful sense? Why does his situation seem … Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
What does a fortune teller claim to know? How could she know that? Do you think we could know what the future holds? If so, how? If not, why not? Would it be easier to predict the immediate future, or the distant future? Why? Is human behavior more difficult to predict than other behavior (maybe … Magic
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