Author: Judith Viorst
Plot Summary: Alexander is having an awful day. His day begins when he wakes up with gum in his hair, trips on a skateboard, and drops his sweater in the sink, and everything seems to go wrong all day long.
Posted In: Aesthetics, Metaphysics

Discussion Questions

• What does it mean to be in a bad mood? How do you know you’re in a bad mood?
• Can the mood you’re in affect what happens to you during the day?
• What makes a day a bad one?
• Is any day completely bad or completely good?
• Alexander says that Mrs. Dickens liked Paul’s picture of the sailboat better than Alexander’s picture of the invisible castle.
• What makes one drawing better than another?
• Does a drawing have to be something we can see?
• What makes someone qualified to be a judge of art?
• If Alexander thinks it’s art, it it?