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Group 4's first question was: What is the theme, or purpose, of this book? What is it suppose to accomplish.

Our group believed the theme of the book was mostly based upon life experiences, excursions, and folklore of the people of the Great Plains and more specifically North Dakota. We believed the purpose of the book was to show why people live in this area of the country and how we can enjoy this area. An example of this would be the Class B basketball games, gatherings at Cenex Stations, building of the enchanted highway and so on. In the book we thought Isern was trying to accomplish a book about the Dakotas that was informative, story-telling, and about enjoyment and all around fun stories of the Great Plains.

Our second question: A sub theme running through the book is that of inventiveness---Is this something peculiar to the region? Is there anything about it distinctive to the region?

We thought this was basically a pretty simple question because we felt in this area of the country we love to show how independent we are and how easily we can adapt to the rugged Dakotas. As a people we love to be very inventive and this shows with our survival kits we make up, all of the huge statues around the state and how basically how everything is a big deal here. We like to show the other parts of the country that we are, in fact, and important part of the plains.