Consider and categorize the different kinds of minority or alternative characters in Fannie Flagg’s novel. How does she portray minorities?
Do you think Evelyn is being helped by her conversations with Ninny? Why? Would you be bored if you were her?
Have you ever had a friend/relative who is an addict (of drugs, alcohol, smoking, technology, etc)? What are the main traits of that condition? Do you consider yourself addicted to anything? If yes, how do you deal with it?
Supplementary readings:
Virginia Woolf, “From A Room of One’s Own”
