Rule of the Bone: A Novel 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. How was this title significant to the course of this plot, and what kind of things did the title foreshadow?

2. Describe the different phases of the relationship between Chappie and Evening Star and how they affected the course of the plot for the other characters around them.

3. Chappie and Paul are very similar in nature although very different in many other areas. What are some of these intrinsic differences and similarities, and what message(s) was Banks was trying to send with these two characters?

4. This plot takes place in a...
(read more)