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Walter M. Miller Jr.A Canticle For Leibowitz
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
1.
Are you convinced that the old hermit and The Wandering Jew are Leibowitz? Is the reader meant to believe that Leibowitz is immortal? Discuss your reasoning.
2.
Why does Zerchi tell the mother with the suffering child about his cat, Zeke?
3.
There are few female characters in the novel. Mrs. Grales and Rachel are two major exceptions. Discuss the possible significance of their characters and why there are so few women in the story.
