Cold Fire Papers & Assignment Topics

Essay Topics/Writing Assignments

These 20 essay questions can be used as essay questions on a test, or as stand-alone essay topics for a take-home or in-class writing assignment. Students should have a full understanding of the text in order to answer these questions. They ask for a thorough analysis of the text.

1. Do you think Jim is truly disturbed, and why? How does this impact on his relationships with the other characters?

2. How does Koontz depict multiple personality disorder in the book? How does it differ from clinically diagnosed multiple personality disorder? Do you think that Koontz's version of the the symptoms are believable? In what way has he stretched the truth to suit the story?

3. Choose a character and examine their lives at the start of the book. Compare this to how they have changed by the end of the story. What...
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