Break up into small groups. Delegate one or more members of your group to (1) prepare a summary of your group's discussion and (2) make a listof your group's members

Discuss your answers to the following questions.

1. Make a list of the characters in this story. Next to each character's name, briefly state what the character did.

2. Going through the list you made in the previous question, for each character, state how they are or not heroic, do or do not show human greatness, exhibit or fail to exhibit human goodness. Make sure to explain why or why not.

3. What is hard about learning to ride a bicycle? What might one learn from this experience?

4. Does it make sense to you that even the poor people in this story feel obligated to tithe? Why or why not?

For Philosophy 403, Senior Seminar on Heroism and the Human Spirit, Le Moyne College, Prof. Michael Kagan, last updated May 4, 1999