43 pages • 1 hour read
Jennifer EganManhattan Beach
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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How does Egan portray father-daughter relationships in her novel? Why do Eddie and Dexter both rely on their daughters in business yet fear what their daughters are becoming?
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Describe the tension between the reinforcement and subversion of traditional gender roles in Egan’s novel. How does a character like Anna straddle both worlds?
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Anna and her father have different perceptions of the sea. How do these initial perceptions foreshadow the events to come?
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