Essay topics – Maestro
1 ‘You’ve been like a father to me. Taught me everything I know.’ Is everything that Paul learns a consequence of knowing Herr Keller?
2 How does Paul grow through the course of the novel Maestro?
3 How does setting affect the characters inMaestro?
4 We can never really leave the past behind us. To what extent doesMaestro prove this to be true?
5 ‘I remember you often used to say: silence is the purest music.’ How do silences convey meaning in Maestro ?
6 Paul says that Keller was ‘the worst possible teacher’. Do you agree?
7 ‘Never again would there be so much to be discovered, to be touched and tasted for the first time.’
How does Goldsworthy evoke the ‘foolish, innocent world’ of childhood in Maestro ?
8 Maestro explores how difficult yet important it is to forgive. Discuss.
9 The adult world is just as interesting as the child’s world in Paul’s memoir. Do you agree?
10 Maestro demonstrates that the truth can hurt. Discuss.
11 ‘I was to be allowed no dreams, it seemed.’ Does Herr Keller destroy Paul’s dreams?
12 Does Paul only have music lessons from Herr Keller?
13 Maestro suggests that it is impossible to suppress emotions. Discuss.
14 This story would not have worked in a different setting. Do you agree?
15 Paul Crabbe’s adolescent years consist of one betrayal after another. Do you agree?
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