Naked+Lunch+Meeting+1+March+4th

Meeting 1 Naked Lunch March 4th Pages: 1-106 Snacks/ Leader- Nicole Questions- Nicole/ Phoebe Summary of meeting- Stefan Answering questions- Jimmy/ Christian

Snack- Kool-aid and bagels

Summary: Today we discussed the characters of the book. We were all surprised how far people go to get their drugs. Characters in the book would have sex with other guys to get heroine and whatever else they are addicted to. Also, we discussed how bad the drugs are. At one point, they made one of the junkies hang a girl, and take advantage of the corpse. There really weren't any main characters in this story so far. It talks about drug addicts in general more than specific people.

Questions: 1. What was your first impression of the book? a) I felt creeped out. Some parts were very weird and it's stuff you don't really read about. -Jimmy 2. What do you think of the characters in the book so far? a) The main character, we all feel, is a homosexual-druggie. He has a lot of feelings for other males, and he also does heroin.- Whole Group 3. Why do you think that the book was banned? a) We all agreed the book was probably banned because it was inappropriate and had a negative influ//ence// on a lot of things. -Whole Group 4. Do you think that the book should have stayed banned? a) No, people need to be exposed to these kind of thing. - Phoebe 5. What do you think of the characters and their drug abuse? a) They do stupid things for drugs (ex. having homosexual feelings for drugs). - Whole Group