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Lomax

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  • At first, what does Lomax dream of doing to his interrogator?
    Torturing the man as the man had tortured him.
  • What significant life experience does Eric Lomax share in The Forgiveness Project?
    His experience as a prisoner of war in Thailand.
  • 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
  • What idea about forgiveness does the author express in The Forgiveness Project: Eric Lomax?
    Forgiveness can help victims move on from trauma.
  • 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 quotation “I was skeptical. I couldn’t believe in the notion of Japanese repentance,” what does the word notion mean?
    Idea or concept
  • What effect did Lomax’s negative feelings toward his torturer have on him?
    They filled him with unhappiness that he could not escape.
  • How does Lomax discover what happened to Nagase Takashi?
    He searches for information about him.
  • 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.