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Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Camille and Amma. How is Amma a foil for Camille's character?

Essay Topic 2

How does Flynn use setting to create mood? Analyze at least two different settings in the text and look for how the setting influences the mood of the text.

Essay Topic 3

How is sexual violence used as a metaphor for power and pain in the text? Look at the different characters who inflict - as well as are victims of - this violence.

Essay Topic 4

Analyze the character of Amma. Consider how her childhood trauma resulted in her motivation, values, and actions as a character.

Essay Topic 5

Analyze the role that mental illnesses and disorders have on the text and the characters. How do these disorders impact the characters and their actions throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 6

In Chapter 6, Flynn writes, "Luckily everyone drinks in Wind Gap" (82). What role...

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