96 pages 3 hours read

Matthew Quick

Boy21

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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Essay Topics

1.

What role does race play in the novel?

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Throughout the novel, the roles and relevance of authority figures change. Pick three authority figures and discuss how and why their presence shifts as the narrative unfolds.

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In literature, a bildungsroman is a coming-of-age novel, focusing on the growth—psychological or otherwise—of the main character. Does Boy21fall into this literary genre? Why or why not?