![]() ![]() ![]() At different points in the novel, both Mary and Elizabeth have reason to think that they, themselves, might become fossils.Why do you think that in the novel, the women are fossil hunters, while the men are fossil collectors? What point is Chevalier trying to make?.How does the notion of Gods intention affect their fossil-hunting?.What role does religion play in Elizabeths life? In Marys?.On page 39 Elizabeth says, ∺fter little more than a year in Lyme Id come to appreciate the freedom a spinster with no male relatives about could have there. Why is that? What did freedom mean for a woman of the time? Who had more freedom≾lizabeth or Mary?.How would you characterize the relationship between Mary and Elizabethmother/daughter, sisters, or something else?.What attracts Mary to fossil hunting? How is it different from Elizabeths motivation?.The first sentence of the novel is, Lightning has struck me all my life. What did you expect after reading that? What does Mary mean?. ![]()
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