1. What does Coates mean when he refers to the idea of losing his own body? Consider your own body and the influences and individuals that have control over it. How is your experience similar to or different than the experiences Coates writes about?
2 As a child growing up in Baltimore, what unspoken rules was Coates forced to learn? How do you think these rules affected his experiences as a child? How does Coates’s childhood compare to your own? How do childhood experiences affect our personal stories and identities?
3. Between the World and Me is a layered text with many themes. What theme resonates the most with you and why?
