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Essay Topic 1

How would retelling Jewell's story as a linear narrative affect its impact on the reader? Write an essay in which you consider the linear timeline of the events of The House We Grew Up In and analyze how breaking that linear progression up with flashbacks affects the reader's experience. Describe the structure that Jewell chooses and show why it is effective in keeping the reader engaged and how it suggests meaning. Support your claims with analysis of how a linear account would destroy the effect of specific sections of the book as it is actually written.

Essay Topic 2

What story does Lorelei choose to convey through her emails to Jim? How does this story reveal her character and her perspective? What does it add to the book to be able to see into Lorelei's mind in this way? How do her emails create foreshadowing and suspense...

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