Good Girl

Discuss the notion of a ‘good girl’. Why and where has this concept come from? How and where can we see the resurgence of this idea in popular culture and why do you think it is so pervasive? What, in your opinion, should a ‘good’ girl be?

Is Nila good? Should she be concerned with being ‘good’ at all?

Marlowe points at people in the street and says ‘They don’t know what life is.’ Do you think Marlowe knows what life is?

What did the scene at the fundraiser for dogs in Afghanistan show you about class and privilege?

Aber describes the Bunker as the underworld. Do Nila’s trips to the underworld transform her? If the Bunker is the underworld, who is Marlowe?

Do you think that Nila’s experience of physical violence in her family makes her think that Marlowe’s violence towards her is acceptable?