Finding Dorothy

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-7

Chapters 8-13

Chapters 14-17

Chapters 18-23

Chapters 24-28

Character Analysis

Themes

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Important Quotes

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Essay Topics

Maud and Julia never see eye-to-eye about their chosen life paths. Choose one of these two characters and write a letter to the other attempting to explain their position and convince the other that their choice makes more sense.

Choose another novel about the women’s suffrage movement. How does it explore the movement in a similar and different way from Finding Dorothy?

Compare how Hollywood treated Judy Garland in 1939 to how Hollywood treats women and girls today. Has the situation improved? Use examples from the text and real life to support your argument.