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Essay Topic 1

In the story "I Will Follow You," Savvie knows exactly what her sister Carolina means when she says she married Darryl because she would be no good to a really good man, and Darryl is not a really bad man. Write an essay explaining how the trauma and abuse of Savvie's and Carolina's childhood abduction affects each of their adult relationships with men and with each other.

Essay Topic 2

In the story "Water, All Its Weight," both Bianca's parents and her husband eventually abandon her because of the rot and decay that accompany her wherever she goes. Write an essay exploring how Bianca seems to handle being abandoned by the people closest to her at different stages of her life.

Essay Topic 3

Why does the narrator in "The Mark of Cain" refrain from confronting either Caleb, her husband, or Jacob, her husband's twin brother, about the...

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