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 The January Rebirth of Reason™ Ayn Rand Meetup® groups will discuss these Shared Inquiry™ questions for We the Living Part One by Ayn Rand:Identification Questions 1. Why did Ayn Rand select this name for her novel? 2. Describe the conditions of Soviet Russia at the time of this novel's plot. 3. How did these conditions influence the plot and characters? 4. Why do Leo and Kira refuse to embrace the new collectivist order of the powerful Communist Party despite the hardships such a refusal imposes upon them? 5. What motivates the bonding between Kira and Andre? 6. Why does Marisha become pregnant while Kira does not? 7. Ayn Rand states in the 1958 Foreword that Kira embodies Rand's own values. Discuss how such values influenced the plot, theme, character, and style of the novel. Evaluation Questions 1. Do you think the novel accurately portrays conditions in Soviet Russia at the time its events take place? 2. Do you find the plot and characters believable and fully formed? 3. The Foreword declares the novel's theme as "the sanctity of human life." Does Ayn Rand successfully deliver that theme in novel form? 4. Some critics have declared that Ayn Rand's own innate psychology, not problems with collectivism, led her to reject Communism and to write We the Living. Evaluate that claim. 5. In what ways did this essay influence your values? | ||||
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