2. Blindness characters depend on their natural senses to survive. How do you feel you use your natural senses for survival, even if you have sight?
3. Discuss the white glare of the blindness that illuminates the perceptions of the main characters. What do you think this represents?
4. How do you think Blindness would have been received if written in the post-War 1940's? Does historical context change your take on the story?
5. Saramago's sequel to Blindness is Seeing. Do you plan to read the sequel? Why or why not?
