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Essay Topic 1

Riordan sets Daughter of the Deep in Southern California. Why might he have chosen this as the setting? Would you have chosen this as the setting, if you had been the author? Why or why not? What other location would have made for a good setting? Why? How does the choices made about the setting affect the overall feel and impact of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The characters in Daughter of the Deep are diverse and complex. Do you find this unusual? Why or why not? What aspects of these characters shows that this is a modern literary work? Why? What does this diversity say about our culture and literature of today?

Essay Topic 3

The plot of Daughter of the Deep is exciting and fast-paced. How does this affect the reader? Why? Why might Riordan have chosen to create the plot in this way? How different...

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