54 pages 1 hour read

Mitali Perkins

You Bring the Distant Near

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

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Essay Topics

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Rather than following a single protagonist throughout the story, Perkins’s novel presents five main characters over three generations. With the exception of Ranee, each of the Das women takes a turn narrating the chapters. How do these authorial choices impact the novel’s structure and the theme of Family Dynamics and Cultural Identity? Why does Perkins not write a chapter from Ranee’s first-person perspective?

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From the novel’s opening pages, Ranee and Sonia’s relationship provides much of the story’s conflict and plays a key role in the theme of family dynamics. What factors play into this fraught mother-daughter relationship? How do they eventually find reconciliation and resolution?

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How do the Das women find empowerment by channeling their creativity and following their passions? Consider characters from multiple generations in your response.

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