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! Title: Analyze the title. Why is the title significant? Does it ask or answer
a question? Consider both literal and figurative significance in your
analysis.

! Setting: Does the setting (time and place) create an atmosphere, give
an insight into a character, suggest symbolic meanings, or hint at the
theme of the work?

! Plot: What central conflicts drive the plot? Are they internal (within the
character) or external (between characters or between a character
and a force)? How are the conflicts resolved? Why are events
revealed in a particular order? What are the crucial turning points in
the novel/play?

! Characters: Describe at least two main characters. What seems to
motivate the central characters? Do any characters change
significantly? If so, what if anything have they learned from their
experiences? Do sharp contrasts between characters highlight
important themes?

! Point of view: Does the point of view the perspective from which the
story is narrated affect our understanding of events? Does the
narration reveal the character of the speaker, or does the speaker
merely observe others? Is the narrator perhaps innocent, nave, or
deceitful?

! Symbols and Motifs: Identify any important symbols and motifs (the
recurring use of symbolism, imagery, language, or idea in a work of
literature). How do these symbols and motifs function literally and
figuratively/symbolically? How do they develop the authors purpose
and themes?

! Theme: What is the works overall theme (a central insight about people
or a truth about life)? How do details in the work serve to illuminate
this theme?

! Language: Does language such as formal or informal, standard or
dialect, prosaic or poetic, cool or passionate reveal the characters?
How do metaphors, similes, and sensory images contribute to the
work? How do recurring images enrich the work and hint at its
meaning? To what extent do sentence rhythms and sounds
underscore the writers meaning?

! Historical/Social Context: What does the work reveal about the time
and place in which it was written? Does the work appear to promote
or challenge a philosophy from this time period? Discuss a social
issue that is raised by the novel/play. Are any characters choices
restricted because of gender, class, race, or other category? Do any
characters resist the social roles that society has assigned to them?
Do other characters choose to conform to those roles?

Discussion Questions: Write down five open-ended,
interpretive/discussion questions after you have finished reading the novel.
These questions may be used in a class discussion or presentation.