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The People of Sparks
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Essay Topics
Through the lens of gender, explore how and why Lina and Doon’s feelings about the new world and their places in it differ.
Analyze the relationship between the people of Sparks and the Emberites through the lens of critical race theory.
Discuss the post-Disaster world that the people of Sparks live in through an eco-critical lens.
Many of the objects that roamers bring back from the Empty Lands are devoid of context. Choose an object (or objects) that are widely used in modern society and discuss how someone in Sparks might view them. What would these objects suggest about the world we live in today?
Describe, analyze, and critique the governing systems of both Ember and Sparks.
The disenfranchisement of the Emberites made it easy for Tick to foment dissatisfaction among them. Discuss possible root causes of this, drawing on real-world examples when necessary.
Discuss the importance of age and age relations at play in The People of Sparks.
Discuss the different characters’ attitudes about knowledge, questions, and the pursuit of information. How might this be especially important in a book aimed at young adult audiences?
Analyze each of the “vengeance cycles/relationships” in the novel. How do they differ?
Discuss the fact that fire, a natural force, is ultimately a symbol for the destructive human forces at play in the novel.
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