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55 pages 1 hour read

Meagan Brandy

Say You Swear (Boys of Avix, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

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Essay Topics

1.

Arianna has a close relationship with her friend group. What does this social network mean to her? What role do her friends play in her life, and why is she so attached to their dynamic? Does this dynamic change over time? Use specific textual evidence to demonstrate the friend group’s development.

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Explore the evolution of Arianna’s relationship with Chase. How does she see him at the novel’s start? What events and conflicts change her regard for him over time? Do they remain influential in one another’s lives?

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Compare and contrast Chase’s and Noah’s characters. Analyze their differences and similarities. What do they each bring out in Arianna? What do they each offer Arianna? Use specific examples from the text to aid your comparison.

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Compare and contrast Arianna’s and Noah’s family lives. Do they both value family? How do they understand their family members’ roles in their lives? What do they teach each other about these familial connections?

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Support the claim that Arianna and Noah are dynamic characters using evidence from the novel. How do the characters carry themselves at the start of the novel? What events and relationships contribute to their evolution throughout the narrative?

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Explore how Arianna and Noah’s relationship leads each of them to healing. What trials do they help one another overcome? How do their particular ways of seeing the world impact one another?

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How do Arianna’s and Noah’s first-person narrations provide insight into the characters’ inner lives? Do Arianna’s and Noah’s perspectives reveal differences in how they think and feel? Do their respective narrations illustrate similarities between them? What do their overlapping storylines imply about their relationship?

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Explore how Arianna’s and Noah’s experiences at Avix contribute to The Journey Toward Self-Discovery. What conflicts, challenges, and relationships does Avix introduce them to? How do these college experiences impact the way they think about the future?

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Analyze the narrative significance of Arianna’s accident and amnesia. How do these incidents impact the narrative atmosphere, mood, and trajectory? How do these events affect the overarching stakes of the novel and the primary characters’ lives?

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How and why does Arianna and Noah’s relationship change the course of their adult lives? In what ways does their relationship surprise them? How does their relationship change how they visualize their goals, dreams, and futures?

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