Killashandra Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 6 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Killashandra.

Killashandra Themes

This Study Guide consists of approximately 6 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Killashandra.
This section contains 120 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)
Buy the Killashandra Short Guide

Killashandra Summary & Study Guide Description

Killashandra Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:

This detailed literature summary also contains Related Titles on Killashandra by Anne McCaffrey.

Preview of Killashandra Summary:

McCaffrey focuses on Killashandra's drive to excel as a performer and a crystal singer. Killashandra herself notes that her desires to be a Stellar-class opera diva and a crystal singer are actually the same: to be first-class. Both professions also emphasize solo performance—to be the only center of attention, in operatic productions or in dramatic crystal-mounting or repair. While Killashandra seems rather blind to her obsession, the reader soon sees the dark side to her virtuoso drive.

This professional compulsion is much like crystal-thrall, which blocks out memories of the past and thoughts of personal safety, and which inhibits compassion for others and encourages selfish elitism.

Killashandra explores the vices and virtues of excellence and ambition.

This section contains 120 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)
Buy the Killashandra Short Guide
Copyrights
Gale
Killashandra from Gale. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.