Crazy for the Storm is the book that we will be discussing this Friday, December 4, at the Cochran Library at 8:15 a.m. We will begin with the first three questions below. The others are listed just for your pleasure as a reader.
1. Discuss the various ways to interpret the book's title, "Crazy for the Storm." How did this perspective/attitude shape young Norman's personality and life? Did it help save his life?
2. Was Norman's father too demanding of his son? How has parenting changed since the era of the book, the 1970's?
3. Have you had early childhood experiences forced upon you that at first you resisted and rejected, but later became a most favored or treasured experience, skill, or pasttime?
4. On the fateful day of the crash, little Norman was forced to draw from all the tools and lessons his father had instilled in him from birth. Discuss the connections between what his father exposed him to and when he had to put those experiences to quick use on the mountain.
5. Have you been faced with a seemingly insurmountable situation that forced you to reach deep down inside yourself in order to make it through?
6. Empowering messages were engrained in Norman, the "Boy Wonder," from an early age such as "Never Give Up" and "We can do it all." These words fueled Norman to keep moving forward each time he weakened or seemed about to succumb. What words and thoughts wield significant power to you.
7. How does the tone from the beginning of the book compare to the end? Does Norman seem to have reconciled the tension generated by his father's insistence to push beyond the limits of the comfort zone? At the conclusion of the book, is the author softened, resolved or conflicted?
8. In contrast to his father's risk-taking nature, young Norman seemed to possess an inherent sense of reserve and caution. Throughout the story, when do we see Norman first begin to emerge from his fears and begin to embrace the joy of the thrill-seeking his father craved?
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