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What significant life experience does Eric Lomax share in The Forgiveness Project?
His experience as a prisoner of war in Thailand.
At first, what does Lomax dream of doing to his interrogator?
Torturing the man as the man had tortured him.
How does Lomax discover what happened to Nagase Takashi?
He searches for information about him.
After his conversation with Nagase Takashi, what does Eric Lomax come to understand?
Forgiveness is always possible when someone is ready for it.
In the sentence “The privacy of the torture victim is more impregnable than any island fortress,” what does the word impregnable mean?
Impossible to break through.
In the sentence “The privacy of the torture victim is more impregnable than any island fortress,” which word best supports the meaning of impregnable?
Fortress
In the quotation “I was skeptical. I couldn’t believe in the notion of Japanese repentance,” what does the word notion mean?
Idea or concept
What idea about forgiveness does the author express in The Forgiveness Project: Eric Lomax?
Forgiveness can help victims move on from trauma.
What effect did Lomax’s negative feelings toward his torturer have on him?
They filled him with unhappiness that he could not escape.
