Biscuit Finds a Friend — Chapter 1

Narration Prompt

Summarize the chapter's argument or narrative arc, then identify the central tension and evaluate whether the author handles it honestly.

Discussion Questions

1. Biscuit decides immediately to return the duck without weighing alternatives. Argue whether this moral immediacy is best read as idealized, developmentally appropriate, or as something more interesting that ethical theory has trouble naming.
2. The book connects friendship to the act of helping. Argue what Capucilli is implicitly claiming about the relationship between kindness and friendship and whether the claim generalizes beyond the helping situation.

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