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A Thousand Never Evers
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Essay Topics
What is one theme in the text related to religion? Trace the theme throughout the text while using other literary elements in your analysis.
Identify two antagonists. Explain how they cause Addie Ann to change throughout the text.
Explain why the setting is important by discussing how it impacts two themes in the text.
How does the novel fit into the bildungsroman genre? Explain by tracing Addie Ann’s growth and development throughout the text.
What role does magical realism play in the text? Be sure to discuss at least two literary elements in your analysis.
What role does Ralphie play in the text? Connect his character to one theme and to Annie Ann’s growth and development.
Discuss how the novel fits into Freytag’s pyramid of plot development. Identify the inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. Discuss how each of these points connects to the key characters and conflicts of the text.
Identify two internal conflicts in the text and then trace their development throughout the novel. Are they resolved? If so, how does the resolution connect to the text’s theme(s)? If not, how does their lack of resolution impact the text’s theme(s)?
How does the novel convey the theme of active versus passive resistance? Discuss how the theme is developed throughout the text by connecting it to at least two other literary elements.
Shana Burg notes that her Jewish heritage was part of her motivation for writing the novel. Her father told her, “[W]hat happens to minority groups affects us all. There’s no place in my America for discrimination because of skin color, religion, or whether you’re a girl or boy” (xiv). Despite the novel’s historical setting and its inclusion of factual historical events, in what ways are the novel’s themes universal? Identify at least two themes and explain how they could apply to other forms of discrimination or places other than racism in the 1960s American South.
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