This book has won several awards. What makes a good nonfiction book? (Discuss 3 traits). If you could change anything about this book, what would you change, and why?
Imagine that you could go back in time to the day before Gage's accident. Would you choose to warn him to keep him from being injured, knowing that his accident helped medical science gain important knowledge about how the brain works? Explain why or why not.
If the author had used a different tense (past vs. present) would it have changed your reading experience? Explain why or why not.
What do you think it means to be "human"? What traits do all humans have? If these traits can be given to robots, will robots be considered human? If a person suffers an injury to the brain and loses those "human" traits, is he no longer human?
Do you think it was right to dig up Phineas's corpse and take the skull? If you had been Phineas's mother or other member of his family, would you have given permission to send Dr. Harlow the skull? Why or why not? Give reasons and examples to support your answer.
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