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Bury Your Dead
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In what ways does Penny establish that history, both personal and national, is about language?
How does Penny use Armand Gamache’s case, and his own personal life, to explore how to recover from betrayal?
How do Gamache’s and Jean-Guy Beauvoir’s differing responses to their shared experiences reveal fundamental distinctions in their character and temperament?
How does Penny endeavor to make Ruth Zardo relatable, if not sympathetic, and how does this intersect with her behavior toward Beauvoir?
How does Penny use food and drink to establish setting and emotional bonds between her characters?
In some respects, the novel is a story of fathers and their children, yet Gamache’s own children do not appear at length. How does he act paternally toward others, and how does this reflect the novel’s themes?
How does Penny use the plot of the work to indicate that Canadian policy toward Indigenous people is ultimately destructive for the entire country?
Consider Old Mundin and Tom Hancock. Does each man remain sympathetic and relatable, even after the revelation of their crimes?
How does the character of Elizabeth MacWhirter, along with Gamache and Émile, reveal Penny’s views about the nature of true leadership?
Is Penny fundamentally optimistic about Québec’s multicultural future? Do you think this optimism is well founded, given the novel’s conclusion?
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