7/29/2019 End Games Book Club Guide

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DISCUSSION QUE STIONS

1. What do you make o the epigraphs at the start o the novel?

What is their signicance, and how do they work in tandem?

2. Who is the Game Master? How is Te Game a survival mechanism

or Michael and Patrick?

3. What is Rulons survival tactic? Why does the Rapture ollow

his lead? Why do human beings oten eel the need to ascribe

meaning, even i, as Bobbie says, the meaning is something

terrible (p. 137)?

4. What does Michaels mantra o eel the blood mean, and what

does it reveal about his character? Whats your mantra or when

you need to calm down and ocus?

5. What is Michaels yes-yeseeling? How does it guide him and

protect him?

6. How do Michaels experiences rom beoreas a son, stepson, hal

brother, and video game playerhelp prepare him or survival?

7. Te soldiers call the inected Zeds, while Michael reers to them as

Bellows. What do each o these names mean? What are Shrieks?

How do people name new things that have never existed beore?

8. Why does Captain Jopek remind Michael o his stepather, R

How is Jopek not the savior soldier Michael wants him to be

he a good guy or a bad guy?

9. How do Michael and Patrick end up on their own? Who did t

leave behind and why? Would you have done what Michael di

10. Describe Michael and Patricks bond. How does Michael care

nurture, protect, and enjoy his brother? Why does he take s

responsibility or him?

11. How does Te Game turn out or Michael and Patrick? How

Te Game similar to real lie in the real world?

12. What is the endgame or a virus? How is it a metaphorMichael and Patricks journey?

13. Who or what goes home in the novel? Why?

14. How is this novel similar to other zombie stories, movies, or

shows? How is it dierent?

15. What does Te End Games suggest about hope, both in one

and in humanity?

ABOUT T HE BOOK

In the rural mountains o West Virginiaarmed with only their rife and their

love or each otherbrothers Michael and Patrick ollow instructions rom the

mysterious Game Master. Tey spend their days searching or survivors, their

nights ghting endless hordes o Bellowscreatures that roam the dark,

roaring or fesh. And at this Game, Michael and Patrick are very good. But

Te Game is changing. Te Bellows are evolving. Te Game Master is leadingMichael and Patrick to other survivorssurvivors who dont play by the rules.

And the brothers will never be the same.

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