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Essay Topic 1

Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Does the epigraph of Behind the Beautiful Forevers do so for the present book? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter numbering / division schema are all components of paratext. That is, they are not part of the text but are associated with it closely and affect its meaning. What significance, if any, accrues to the chapter-numbering scheme at work in Behind the Beautiful Forevers? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the book supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the book, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect...

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