73 pages 2 hours read

Margaret Atwood

MaddAddam

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

1.

How does MaddAddam comment on the practice of storytelling and the use of the oral tradition to pass down folklore? How does writing change that?

2.

Read the first two books in the trilogy, Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. How would you characterize Glenn/Crake? Do you think any of his actions are justified? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

3.

What do you think the future looks like for the characters? What do you imagine happens next? What evidence in the novel supports your response?