46 pages 1 hour read

Jay Mcinerney

Bright Lights, Big City

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984

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Essay Topics

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Critics have identified Bright Lights, Big City as a generation-defining novel. How is it representative of the decade in which it was written? Why do you think the novel has remained relevant?

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The narrator of the novel has been characterized as an anti-hero. Do you agree with this characterization? Why, or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your opinion.

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Which characters in the novel serve as foils for each other? How does the opposition between them illuminate some of the novel’s key themes?

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