How We Are Hungry: Stories Topics for Discussion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 19 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of How We Are Hungry.

How We Are Hungry: Stories Topics for Discussion

This Study Guide consists of approximately 19 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of How We Are Hungry.
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In the short story "Another", what is the unnamed narrator looking for? Does he find it? What do you believe the answer to the narrator's question is? Can it even be answered?

Discuss the theme of individuality in Dave Eggers's anthology, "How We Are Hungry". What is individuality? Describe the presence and effects of individuality in three of the stories. Is individualism a positive or negative thing in these stories? Why?

Why does Basil, in the story "Notes for a Story of a Man Who Will Not Die Alone", not want to die alone? What are his plans? How do various people react to his plans, and why?

Discuss the quest for truth in Dave Eggers's anthology, "How We Are Hungry". What does the quest for truth entail? Describe the quest for truth and its effects in three of the stories. Is the individual's...

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