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Essay Topic 1

How does Vuong explore the possibilities and limitations of language throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

In which poems does Vuong address the themes of coming-of-age and changing throughout childhood and adolescence, and in what ways does he treat these themes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What personal struggles does the speaker in some of these poems convey to the reader, and through which poems does the speaker reveal his struggles? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 4

How does Vuong's personal background as the child of an immigrant and a single mother inform some of the topics in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 5

What comments and observations is Vuong...

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