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Essay Topic 1

Landor is selected to investigate a murder at West Point. Why is Landor selected to investigate Fry’s death and mutilation?

Essay Topic 2

Landor recruits Poe to become an informant. How and why does Landor recruit Poe to be his assistant in the investigation?

Essay Topic 3

Occasionally Landor directly speaks to readers. This is called “breaking the fourth wall.” How does it seem that the narrator is having conversations with readers throughout The Pale Blue Eye? How do these conversations provide information to readers that characters may not be privy to? What is the purpose of breaking the fourth wall?

Essay Topic 4

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Pale Blue Eye? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How...

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