It concerns fundamental questions about existence, origin, responsibility, free will, etcetera.
Questions about "The flood".
Can you imagine why Jonas is upset about the flood?
Do you think the Writer did an evil thing by making such a disaster?
Do you think Erna is right by saying that the disaster is not so bad,
because the Writer only devised?
God devised us. Do you think He should prevent disasters?
If your answers for B and D are different, can you explain why you did it?
Can you think of a reason why the Writer would want to write about such a
terrible disaster?
Do you think that the inhabitants of Wirlt could have thought of that idea
(your answer for F)?
Do you think that it is true that the Writer is not subjected to the time of
Jonas and Erna, but that het can as easily go back to their past as go
forward to their future?
Do you also think that a writer should not too often deviate from his
original idea?
The "people of the the Second Book" believe that the Writer could write
another book, with the same people as in this book, but without any misery.
Do you think that the Write could do that?
It is about a sort of "Hereafter". Would scientists of Wirlt be able to
prove whether such a thing is possible or not?
Would scientists in our world be able to prove whether a "Hereafter" for us
exists?
Some "people of the Second Book" even claim that the second book could have
been completed already. Apparently the time of the hereafter is not
necessarily the same as our time. Is the word "hereafter" a good choice,
then?
Can you imagine that someone after his life in Wirlt continues immediately
with his life in the Second Book, whereas for other people it will last
centuries before the time of the Second Book starts?
Jonas suggests the possibility that the Writer could respond to experiences
of people in Wirlt. Do you think that such a thing is possible when a book
is written?
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