The Wise Man's Fear

How does Kvothe meet the genre standards of a hero? How does he exceed the heroic cliché?

Kvothe has many different teachers in this novel. Describe the different kinds of education he receives and where they come from. Do you think any one type of education is better or more important than another?

There are many more women in The Wise Man’s Fear than there were in The Name of the Wind, and we see women in a wider range of circumstances. How do women function in this novel? How does geography and culture contribute to women and their behaviors in this novel? Where do women have power and where are they powerless in this novel?