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1.Explain “a game within a game within a game”. How does it apply in this part of the book?
2.Explain the pun “High Five” in the book.
3.Can OASIS be considered a utopia? Consider the educational games designed by Kira and Ogden Morrow, etc.
4.What hint did Parzival give to Aech? Why did he do it? Would you do the
same? Why or why not? Remember their desire to play solo!
5.What is the meaning of the names of players number 4 and 5 who cleared the first gate?
6.Would you have accepted IOI’s offer if you were Wade? Why or why not?
7.When Sorrento threatened Wade with a bomb, why didn’t Wade give in to
protect other people living in the stacks? What would you have done?
8.What kind of world does Wade see on the bus ride?
9.What fake identity did Wade create for himself? How did he do it? Can it be done in the modern world?
10.Wade fell in love in VR even though Artemis warned him she is an “obese
30-year-old named Chuck living in his mother’s basement.” What do you
think about this?
11.Wade’s friendship with Aech cooled off when Wade got a girlfriend. Quote from the book. Is it a good literary
representation of what can happen to real people?
12.Do you think Artemis likes Wade the same way he likes her? What makes you think so?
13.Why was John Draper nicknamed Cap’n Crunch? Did you know that bit of history of technology? What do you think about it?
14.Is the song Time After Time appropriate in chapter 18? Why or why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU
15.Explain the meaning of the lyric “No one in the world ever gets what they want
and that is beautiful” in the context of the story.
16.Why did Artemis break up with Parzival? What do you think about that?
17.In ch.19, Wade developed and transformed his daily rituals. What were his
motivations? What technology did he use? Would you like such
technology to be available to you? Why or why not? Does anything
similar exist now? List your daily goals and rituals. Which rituals help
you achieve your goals? Which rituals make it difficult for you to
achieve your goals? Experiment for extra credit: Develop new rituals and
journal about their effects in your life for at least 5 weeks.
18.What do you think of Wade’s OASIS immersion rig?
19.Parzival chose to give the Beta Capsule to Daito and Shoto. Why? What does it
tell us about Wade? What was their reaction? What would you have done?
20.What is Wade’s job? How did he get it?