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33 pages 1 hour read

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Fiction | Novella | Adult | Published in 2019

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Essay Topics

1.

Compare and contrast the Agency and Garden.

2.

How would you characterize Red and Blue's relationship over the course of the story?

3.

Is Red a static or dynamic character? Why? Provide evidence from the text to support your response.

4.

Is Blue a static or dynamic character? Why? Provide evidence from the text to support your response.

5.

How is the novel structured, and how does that shape the reader's experience?

6.

Choose one of the following literary devices used throughout the work and explore how that device functions in the story: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, sensory details, or irony.

7.

What is the main message of the novel, and how is that conveyed?

8.

What do you think happens to Red and Blue after the book ends?

9.

If you had to pick, which side do you believe should win the time war? Why?

10.

Describe the discourse around art in the novel and how that might reflect some of the core themes.

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