While Jason Brock's primary coming of age struggle in godless involves questioning the religion he was raised in and trying to come to his own personal place of faith (or lack thereof), his growing pains also include some of the old favorites. We're talking girls, friendships, and parental relations. Jason Brock has one seriously full plate in this book.
Questions About Coming of Age
- Do the TPO meetings seem to be just a waste of Jason's time, or do you see any value in him having a venue to talk things through?
- Do any of Jason's friends seem to mature over the course of the book? If so, who and how?
- Do you think Jason comes of age by the end of the book? Why or why not?
Chew on This
All the drama and kerfuffle of Chutengodianism and the tower climbs are necessary events to prompt Jason's dad to realize how deeply Jason feels about his agnosticism/atheism and to begin to view his son as a young man with the autonomy to make a choice, even though it breaks with his own deeply-held convictions.
All the drama and kerfuffle of Chutengodianism and the tower climbs are completely unnecessary difficulties that Jason brings upon himself. The very fact that he acts so ridiculously—instead of having a measured, reasoned conversation with his dad—proves that he's too immature to know what he thinks about something as complex and potentially impactful as the existence of God.