Final Essay Questions (choose one only)

1) Do the Stoics think that a happy life is one of invincibility and invulnerability? Draw plentifully from the book in support of your answer.

2) In Life of a Jellyfish, to what extent is Paul Wagner a product of his childhood? --a product of his embrace of Nietzscheanism? Draw plentifully from the book to support your thesis.

3) In Hotel Bob, what does the author's description of Bob's bed tell you about the character of Bob? Is the present of a new bed to his new wife, Anna, an ominous sign or a sign of a better life to come? Does Bob find happiness at the book's end?