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Book Review: "Holes"
A simple novel with surprising depths
Updated: 2023.06.21
4 min read · Intermediate
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Book Review: "Holes"
책 리뷰 "구덩이 (Holes)"
Discussion Questions
Q1
In your own words, please briefly summarize the article.
여러분의 언어로 교재를 간단히 요약해 주세요.
Q2
What part of the reading resonated with you most?
이번 교재에서 가장 공감하는 내용은 무엇인가요?
Q3
Which character did you identify with most in the novel?
소설에서 가장 공감했던 인물은 누구인가요?
Q4
If you were in Stanley’s position, would you choose to go to the camp or go to jail? Why?
당신이 스탠리의 입장이라면 수용소에 가겠습니까, 아니면 감옥에 가겠습니까? 그 이유는 무엇인가요?
Q5
Do you prefer authors who write in a very simple way, or those who write in a more complex way? Why?
아주 단순한 방식으로 글을 쓰는 작가를 선호하시나요, 아니면 좀 더 복잡한 방식으로 글을 쓰는 작가를 선호하시나요? 왜 그런가요?
Q6
Holes is a children’s novel. What other children’s books are also surprisingly complex?
구덩이는 어린이 소설입니다. 의외로 복잡한 다른 어린이 책도 있나요?
Q7
Holes jumps between different narratives set at different points in history. Do you prefer novels with just one narrative, or those with multiple narratives?
구덩이는 역사의 여러 시점을 배경으로 서로 다른 이야기 사이를 넘나듭니다. 하나의 서사만 있는 소설을 선호하시나요, 아니면 여러 서사가 있는 소설을 선호하시나요?
Q8
Do you think prisons or workcamps like the one in Holes genuinely do make prisoners into better people?
홀즈에 등장하는 교도소나 워크캠프가 수감자들을 더 나은 사람으로 만든다고 생각하세요?
Q9
If you have a question or questions that you'd like to discuss during your class, please write them down.
궁금한 점이 있거나 수업 중에 얘기해 보고 싶은 질문이 있으면 적어주세요.
Expressions
there wasn’t much to it
it is easy or simple
Example
1

Although I thought the desk would be difficult to build, it turned out there wasn’t much to it.

Example
2

Don’t worry about the new software! There isn’t much to it.

unwittingly
by accident, unintentionally, or without being aware
Example
1

I unwittingly stepped in a puddle on my way to work.

Example
2

He unwittingly offended his professor by criticizing an article he didn’t know she had written.

mete out
give someone a punishment or treat them punishingly
Example
1

The medieval king meted out executions to everyone who disobeyed him.

Example
2

The court meted out hard labor to all the convicts.

ragtag
untidy, disorganized, or very varied in character
Example
1

The ragtag group of revolutionaries tried to overthrow the government.

Example
2

I put together a ragtag team to work on the project.

morality tale
a type of story that presents a clear moral
Example
1

In Sunday school, the nun would read out morality tales to us.

Example
2

I used the story of my own failure as a morality tale for others.

uncanny
strange or mysterious, often in an unexpected or unsettling way
Example
1

Just before she disappeared, she gave me an uncanny smile that has haunted me ever since.

Example
2

It’s uncanny how my colleague always happens to be in the right place at the right time.

본 교재는 당사 편집진이 제작하는 링글의 자산으로 저작권법에 의해 보호됩니다. 링글 플랫폼 외에서 자료를 활용하시는 경우 당사와 사전 협의가 필요합니다.
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