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Essay Topic 1

How does Kenan's graphic description of the hog killings in the section titled December 8, 1985, and the rituals and traditions that surround them, set the tone for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how Kenan's choice to have the third-person narrator address the reader directly in the section titled December 8, 1985, affects the reader's experience of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Horace's interests in science, comic books, and the occult all coalesce to bring him to the night during which he ends up summoning the demon.

Essay Topic 4

Write an essay exploring how Reverend Jimmy Greene's discovery of his wife Anne's marital infidelity affects his perceptions of, and faith in, God, citing specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 5

Write an essay analyzing Reverend Jimmy Greene's reaction to Horace's...

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