Goldman admits to being in a loveless marriage. What purpose does this admission serve, and how does it inform his telling of Westley and Buttercup’s love story? 

Why did The Princess Bride have such an impact on the fictional Goldman’s childhood? How does his view of the story change when he rereads, and rewrites, it as an adult?

How does the novel’s framing device affect your experience of the story? Do Goldman’s interjections and abridgement choices support the themes of the story? If so, how? If not, what does that detraction itself tell you about the novel’s meaning?