48 pages 1 hour read

Naomi Alderman

The Power

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

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Explore the definition of gender in the novel. Is gender an authentic distinction, a social convention, or an accident of biology. Is Neil Adam Armon right when he says, “Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn’t. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not”?

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Research frame narratives. Why put the frame in at all? What is gained or lost by introducing the interplay between the male historian and the female editor?

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Compare and contrast Roxy with and without the skein. Which character is more powerful?

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