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Essay Topic 1

Section divisions, their titles, and chapter naming / 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-naming scheme at work in Tiny Beautiful Things? If there is significance, how does that significance manifest? If there is not, what in the epistolary memoir supports the paratextual divisions that are in place?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How reliable a narrator is the respondent of the epistolary memoir? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

Essay Topic 4

Both the letter-writers whose concerns are addressed...

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