Questions for Discussion
- Jayne wanted to learn to shoot a gun. Why
was it important to her? Do you think her reasoning made sense?
- Jayne was raised in a rich home. What sort
of challenges does she face living on a ranch? How is she handling the
challenges? Which do you think would be the hardest for you to deal
with?
- What did you think of the friendship she had
with her two friends? What strengths did she add to the mix?
- Seth feels his duty lies in caring for his
father. Do you find his reasons for doing so understandable?
- Do you think Seth should have sent the money
without actually visiting his pa? Why or why not?
- Did you suspect the deeper reason for his
reluctance to open his heart to love before he recalled his pa’s words?
- In the end, Seth found emotional healing.
Did only one event accomplish that? Or more? What was the event or
events?
- When Seth returns, he has a plan, or does
he? What do you think his plan was? How did it get sidetracked?
- Who saved whom in the end? Was this act what
healed them? Or was it a culmination of events?
- How did Jayne prove she was capable? Was it
enough? What more did she discover she wanted?
- Do you think Jayne will be able to go from
being a rich man’s daughter to a poor rancher’s wife? On what do you base
your answer?
- If you could write a chapter five years from
the end of the story, what would you include?