Ann McCaffrey's Dragonsong -- Reading and Discussion Questions

Students in English 65, Fantasy, Brown University, 2003

• Turning points in Dragonsong
• Half-Circle Sea Hold
• Gender Matters at Half-Circle Sea Hold
• Menolly and the fire lizards
• Birth and Rebirth in Dragonsong
• Questions, Elipses, and Other Techniques in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonsong
• Description and Characterization in Dragonsong
• Menolly's Rescue
• Menolly's Journeys, Brekke, and Old Uncle
• Menolly Rides a Dragon
• The Contrast of Real and Fantastic
• Fear of Thread on Pern
• Menolly's Rescue and Arrival At Benden Weyr
• Death, Afterlife, and Between
• Menolly's Spring
• Menolly's Escape
• Menolly's Reaction to Thread
• Menolly's Fortunate Discovery

Last modified 5 February 2004