Ready Player 2 Discussion Questions

Ready Player Two Discussion Questions

Questions created by Arjuna Ramgopal.

Cutscene - Chapter 3 Questions

  1. Would you have liked to have had more of the intermittent years played out?

  2. What do you think the new quest will lead to?

  3. Would you use the ONI headset?

  4. Do you agree with Wade’s point or Artemis’ point on the ONI headset?

  5. What do you think about the Vonnegut? Will it come into play later on in the book?

  6. What do you think will be the thing that brings Samantha into the ONI? Will she ever use the ONI?

  7. What are some of the more current pop-culture references you’ve caught so far?

Chapter 4 - Chapter 9 Questions

  1. L0hengrin/Lo is introduced as a young version of Wade. What do we think of this character? How do you feel about Wade’s relationship with her?

  2. There’s been some backlash on the depiction of transgender characters in the book. Did you find any fault in the way Cline addressed gender/sexuality in the ONI? Take a look at the article below and provide your thoughts?

  3. Wade has to be told how to obtain the first shard. Is it sad to see how far his character has fallen? Did we think the obtainment of the first shard was satisfying?

  4. What did we think of the “toll” being a strange flashback? What does it mean?

  5. What do we make of Wade’s recurring nightmare?

  6. What did you think of the reveal of Anorak being the villain? Is it random or foreshadowed? What does he want with the Shards? What do you think will happen?

  7. Anorak’s reveal also set up the return of Sorrento, who is a real-life villain to torture our heroes. What did you all think of that reveal? How will it play out?

Chapter 10 - Chapter 16 Questions

  1. What did you think of everyone’s reaction to Anorak’s big reveal? How would you have reacted?

  2. What did you think about Art3mis’s “death?”

  3. What do you make of the quest for the second shard? What did you think of that dark moment for Halliday?

  4. Do you agree with Wade’s belief that there is an AI version of Keira, similar to Anorak, that Anorak wants to try and have fallen in love with him?

  5. How do we feel about John Hughes' land? How do we think the quest for the third shard will wrap up?

  6. How does the shard quest compare and contrast to the egg quest?

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