Last Night I Sang to the Monster
After finishing Last Night I Sang to the Monster, please respond to one or two of the following questions
1. What questions did this text bring up for you? (Example, did it make you think about questions related to addiction, to God, to memory, to sexual identity, to
sexual abuse, to psychological healing, to grief) Ask the questions that this novel made you think about and if it got you thinking about these ideas and you have
thoughts to offer, go ahead and consider them.
2. What themes does the novel explore? REmember, themes should be indicated in complete ideas. Healing is a theme of Last Night I Sang to the Monster is NOT
acceptable. What the book says ABOUT healinge.g., Healing occurs only when a person does the hard work of forgiving others and themselvesis a theme.
3. Does the book’s ending seem believable to you? Is the fragile hope offered there too fragile, not fragile enough, or just right?
4.What is the symbol of the tree? What does it mean to Zach and what does it mean to Rafael?