Session 2 - Tuesday Nov 24th

 

SESSION #2 Questions - Location - Brewers.

1. While making a case for utilizing Charlie for the Pandora mission, Dante compares her to Einstein, da Vinci, Darwin, Franklin, and Newton as children. What do you think makes Charlie similar to these historical figures? Which of these figures would you most like to learn more about? Explain your answers.

2. What are your earliest impressions of CIA operative Milana Moon? Do you find her actions to be trustworthy or suspicious? How does she treat Dante? What are her goals? Using examples from the text, support your position.

3. Dante explains that Einstein was hopeful the Pandora equation would solve the world’s energy problems, but soon realized that in the wrong hands, Pandora would allow for nuclear weapons to be built by malicious people. Why is this such a major dilemma? Can you think of anything else that could have a negative effect when used one way and a positive effect when used another?

4. Describe some of the specific ways in which the Furies exercise their power. In your opinion, what makes this terrorist organization so threatening? What do all these men have in common? What are their goals? What, if anything, surprises you about the makeup of this terrorist organization?

5. How does learning that they may have a mole impact on the CIA’s mission? Can you think of ways this is especially difficult news for Dante and Milana to discover? How might this impact their future work with the organization?