I finished the book the day before yesterday and am ready to discuss!! Hurry up, hurry up!!
Please avoid plot-line spoilers or post "SPOILER ALERT" at the top of your respose.
Proposed first topic (not a spoiler for those of you who haven't gotten through the book yet): author's choice of character names:
1. Norman Marek, the Gallinipper representative - "Acute Marek's disease is an epidemic in a previously uninfected or unvaccinated flock, causing depression, paralysis, and death in a large number of birds (up to 80 percent). The age of onset is much earlier than the classic form, birds are four to eight weeks old when affected. Infiltration into multiple organs/tissue is observed. " How did this character represent a disease on the Cassowary farm? Is "Marek" an inside joke?
2. Gallinipper's wife, Bunny - passive character, passive name... What are your thoughts on how he selected/pursued his wife in college and then went on to create an empire of passive animals?
3. Rhea - "Rhea (mythology), beautiful in Greek mythology, one of the Titans, the sister and wife of Cronus, the mother goddess who gave birth to many of the other major gods and goddesses ". Why did the author select the name for this character?
There were other names I can't remember right now. I'll go back and review some of them.
Thoughts on the author's choice of names in the book? Did these choices add to or subtract from the character development? Did you notice them? Did they advance the story line? How/why?