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Essay Topic 1
Typically, an epigraph is expected to speak to or set the tone for the work it introduces. Do the epigraphs of True Biz do so for the present novel? How or how not?
Essay Topic 2
Amid February’s musings early in the novel is a linguistic concept described as “the ‘critical window,’ within which a child had to gain fluency in at least one language, any language, or risk permanent cognitive damage. Once the window shut, learning anything became difficult, even impossible—without a language, how does one think, or even feel?” (17). Does the concept bear out in the novel and in experience? How so, or how not?
Essay Topic 3
How does the novel define what a culture is?
Essay Topic 4
The novel points out a number of inversions from mainstream practice. Identify and explicate one such inversion, noting what the common practice is, what the...
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