35 pages 1 hour read

Chris Crowe

Mississippi Trial, 1955

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

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Essay Topics

1.

How do Hiram’s relationships change with his father and Grampa over the course of the novel?

2.

Discuss how the legal system is presented in the text. How is it problematized and how does Hiram’s awareness of the law change?

3.

Identify and describe two female characters in the text. Discuss their agency in the novel and how they either contribute or detract from Hiram’s path of self-discovery and awareness.