SuitabookSirena
Donna Jo Napoli
- Reading
- Consider reading together or checking in after the episodes involving the sailors and Philoctetes's injury; invite your reader to say which parts felt most affecting.
- Themes
- Love, mortality and immortality: Sirena receives immortality but does not want it because Philoctetes is mortal. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Duty and the cost of war: Philoctetes is called back to the Trojan War, bringing his relationship with Sirena into conflict with his obligations. The conflict is explicit, but whether the story endorses or questions his return is not established.
- The mermaids' lure: Sirena's sisters lure sailors to certain death with their voices; Sirena separates herself from this practice. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- These elements may merit attention if death or injury is a concern.