Questions to Help You Get the Most out of
Streiker’s Bride by Robin Hardy

(All page numbers refer to the 3rd edition published by Westford Press, 2003.)

1. What does the epigraph on p. 277 have to do with the book?

2. Is the book primarily an allegory or an analogy? What is the difference?

3. What does the file folder represent (pp. 13-14)? Why are there no photos of Streiker in the folder?

4. Keeping the analogy in mind, consider:
(a) What reason did Fletcher give for choosing Adair (p. 32)?
(b) Why was it important to Fletcher for Adair to feel love for him (p. 42)? Hint: Matt. 22:37
(c) What is the significance of Adair’s dream (pp. 52-53)?
(d) What is “the tyranny of the unimportant” (p. 63)?
(e) Who takes the initiative in Fletcher and Adair’s relationship? Who has the most to lose (p. 74)? Who sets the parameters for the relationship? Does that leave Adair with no choice (p. 105)? Or more choices (p. 177)?
(f) What is the difference between “personal guarantees” and a “complete relationship” (p. 126)?
(g) What is the main reason Adair has so much trouble getting back into her apartment, where she is supposed to be (chaps. 8-9)? Is this Fletcher’s fault?

5. What do the phone calls between Fletcher and Adair represent?

6. When does Adair begin to experience success and a sense of peace in her new life (pp. 193-194)?

7. Whom does Darren Loggia represent?

8. Why does Fletcher never lie (p. 236)? What does this mean to Adair?

9. Why does Fletcher give Darren access to Adair (p. 274)?

10. Whom does Harle Kellum represent?

Bonus question: In terms of the analogy, what is the difference between the Streiker Building and the Streiker Corporation?

(see the answers here)


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