Futures (Pitoniak) - Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions
We'll add publisher questions if and when they're available; in the meantime, please use our LitLovers talking points to help start a discussion for The Futures...then take off on your own:

1. Talk about the novel's two main characters, Julia and Evam, their admirable parts and their flaws. Neither one is a saint; still, do you find them sympathetic—one more so than the other? Or both equally?

2. What do Julie and Evan want out of life, and what does each want from the other? How do their different backgrounds shape their individual needs for fulfillment in life and in a relationship?

3. Julie becomes disillusioned after only a few months of job searching. Has she given herself enough time, or do you find her naive or even aimless? Does her entitled upbringing prompt her to see life through rose-tinted glasses, perhaps?

4. When do you begin to see the honeymoon period in New York begin to crack. Do you feel that one of the two feels more invested in the relationship than the other?

5. Consider how both Evan and Julia change over the course of the novel? What does each learn about him or herself and the world around them?

(Questions by LitLovers. Please feel free to use them, online or off, with attribution. Thanks.)

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