Naked+Lunch+Meeting+3+April+1st

Meeting 3 Naked Lunch April 1st Leaders: Jimmy Questions: Phoebe and Nicole Answering: Stefan Summarizer: Christian

Questions 1.) Overall, how do you view the book now, than when you first started reading the book? a. This book got really weird. Some parts got really twisted, and sometimes hard to follow. This book is "colorful", I guess you could say, meaning it's the first time I've ever read something like this. Some parts really got into detail, which grossed me out sometimes.

2.) Throughout the book, how do you think Lee's personality fluctuated? a. Lee had a lot of ups and downs. He really portrayed the "stereotypical" version of a junkie. That meaning that he would do ANYTHING just for that drug high. For example, he had turned homosexual at points just to get his heroin. On the other hand, Lee showed great love for his wife, even though he did murder her.

3.) What do you think the main theme of this book would be? a. The main theme would probably be just because you want something really badly, don't depreciate yourself for it. If some people have morals, they shouldn't go against those morals just to get their "fix."

4.) Do you think there's any symbols/ images in this book? If so, explain. a. The drugs would probably be a symbol in the book because Lee uses them to fight his depression, so the drugs would be his true, innermost feelings coming out. Lee probably uses the drugs to help cope with the depression and sadness.

5.) What is your overall opinion of the book? a. The book was not what we had expected it to be. It was very hard to read at some points because, like in question 1, it got weird. Nicole talked to Mr. Rawson and he said that he thought this book was interesting. He didn't read it, but he said his friends have and they even said it's definitely a strange book. William S. Burroughs might have had some weird things going on while writing this book, which is why it's written uniquely. Overall, we all agreed it was a good book, but odd.

Summary: Overall, we just talked about the book and if we liked it or not. We strayed a couple times, onto the subject of fish on April Fool's Day, and we did get into some tiffs. But other then that we pretty much just talked about the theme of the book, the ending, and the personality of Lee. We all agreed that this book is weird and it's nothing like what we've read before.