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Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s name: Sierra María Santiago.

Essay Topic 2

Explicate the significance of the protagonist’s mother’s name: María Carmen Corona Santiago.

Essay Topic 3

Sierra’s father, Dominic, is clearly present and engaged with the family, yet he is only minimally depicted. What effect does that limited depiction have on the novel? How is the effect produced?

Essay Topic 4

Explicate the significance of Neville’s vehicle.

Essay Topic 5

Much is made in the novel of Sierra being of Puerto Rican descent. How might the novel change had she been depicted as of a different Hispanic background, such as Mexican, El Salvadorian, or Dominican? In effect, what in the novel requires that Sierra be Puerto Rican, and how does it oblige her depiction thus?

Essay Topic 6

What attitude towards formal academic study does the novel present, and how does it...

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