1. Compare/contrast the characters of Sarah and Adianna. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Christopher and Nikolas. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Shattered Mirror help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 2

Sarah says she can't ignore an opportunity to kill Nikolas because she's afraid. Nissa says she feels guilt for every one of Nikolas's victims because she is the one who turned him. Nissa says Nikolas was in jail about to be hanged for murder when she changed him. Nissa says that Kaleo didn't let her kill when she hunted the first time and that she's always been grateful for that. However, Nikolas woke for the first time as a vampire while Nissa was away and Kendra took him hunting, teaching him to kill in the process. Nissa says Nikolas turned Christopher the following night and the two of them disappeared from Nissa's life for months.

1. Courage is said to be not the absence of fear but taking appropriate action in spite of fear. Discuss what this saying means, both in the "real" world and in Sarah's life. Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

2. Do you think it is reasonable for Nissa to feel guilty about Nikolas's behavior? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

3. Do you think Kendra taking Nikolas to hunt turned him into a killer or do you think he was already one? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Nikolas pins Adianna against the wall while Sarah is dealing with the humans. Sarah agrees to put down all her weapons if Nikolas will set Adianna free. Sarah fully believes it means she'll die at Nikolas's bash but willingly gives her knives up anyway. She notes that the Vida line must go on and that Adianna hasn't done anything to disgrace the family, including befriending vampires. Sarah believes that Adianna is "a better Vida than Sarah could ever be." Adianna is furious when Sarah returns home. She says Sarah has forgotten that her role is to protect humans from vampires and that she isn't supposed to put herself into dangerous situations where she'll be killed over a personal insult.

1. Discuss the emotional reactions a human might have seeing other humans help a vampire attack a person including the feelings you think Sarah might have had in the situation. Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

2. Discuss what you think are the driving forces behind Sarah's sacrifice for Adianna. Include thoughts about why her love for Adianna might not be the only reason and what those other reasons might be. Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

3. Discuss what responsibilities Sarah's mother might have in Sarah arriving at her comparison between herself and Adianna. In few of the possibility that her mother is at least partly responsible for how Sarah feels about herself, do you believe Sarah's mother is partly responsible for Sarah becoming a vampire? Why or why not? Use examples from your life and Shattered Mirror to support your answer.

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