Something Rotten, a Horatio Wilkes Mystery by Alan Gratz

Psychological Approach: This approach focuses on the psychology of characters.
1. What forces are motivating the characters?
2. Which behaviors of the characters are conscious ones and which are unconscious?
3. What conscious or unconscious conflicts exist between the characters?
4. Given their backgrounds, how plausible is the characters’ Behavior?
5. What roles do psychological disorders and dreams play in this story?
6. Are the characters recognizable psychological types?
7. How might a psychological approach account for different responses in female and male readers?
8. What do the characters’ emotions and behaviors reveal about ther psychological states?