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EMPHATY: Write down 5 questions you would like to ask a character. Say why you would like to ask these questions.

If I would have a conversation with Christopher’s mother I would ask her the following questions:

•           How could you leave your son?
•           Why didn’t you tell him the truth?
•           Do you think Christopher is so reserved because of you?
•           Can you ever forgive yourself that all people thought you are death?
•           Did you really miss him or why did you write these letters?

I would like to ask her these questions because I don’t understand how a mother can leave her own son. Doesn't matter which conflicts parents have in their relationship, children shouldn't suffer because of them. I think it's nothing more important than the family. It’s sad that a child who really needs his mother, thinks that she is dead.

In my opinion she is the reason why Christopher is so reserved and cowed. 

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  1. Julia H.9. Januar 2018 um 11:23

    In my opinion she is the reason why Christopher is so reserved and cowed. --> not because of the Aspergers'?

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