Socratic Seminar 2

This time the class had a seminar and talked about our new book Montana 1948. We finished reading the book and the rest of the class discussed some of the main ideas of the ending. First they discussed did Frank Deserve it? I personally think he didn't because he chose suicide, but some people in class said he did for the crimes he committed. After that they talked about the importance of David becoming a history teacher. Some said this is important because David only saw one side of the story in the situation. By teaching history he can teach students that there are two sides of the story. Was this story a western style story? This question came up in the seminar and the class agreed it had many aspects of a western style story. There were guns, a showdown, and a county sheriff with a lot of power. All these elements make a very recognizable western type story.