Our Fault

Explore the role of the characters’ past lives in their present experiences. What struggles, trials, and tragedies have Noah and Nick undergone? How do these experiences continue to influence how they see themselves in the present? How do they ultimately move beyond the past?

Compare and contrast Noah’s and Nick’s family situations. Explore how their familial relationships impact their romantic relationship with each other. What fears and insecurities do their parental dynamics particularly cause them as they anticipate Andrew’s birth?

Analyze the role of the novel’s micro and macro settings. Consider how settings like New York City and Los Angeles impact Noah’s and Nick’s psyches and relationship. Consider also how each of the apartments, houses, and hotel rooms where they stay influences their states of mind.

Our Fault is a contemporary romance novel. Discuss how the novel satisfies and/or subverts genre conventions. Which tropes, symbols, plot points, or narrative devices does Ron use to mobilize and/or complicate her narrative?

Explore the symbolic and narrative significance of Noah’s pregnancy and Andrew’s birth. What conflicts does the baby inspire? What possibilities does the baby allow? How would Nick and Noah’s story differ without Andrew?

Craft an argument that supports or refutes the following claim: Nick is a dynamic character. Does Nick change, and which experiences contribute to his growth? Is Nick incapable of change? Cite specific examples to prove his openness or resistance to reflection and maturation.

Explore how love redeems Nick and Noah. How do the characters’ definitions of love evolve throughout the novel? What do they fear about love? What does love offer them? Cite textual examples.

Our Fault is the third and final installment in Ron’s Culpable Saga. How does this title expound upon the narrative conflicts and thematic explorations of the preceding two titles? How does it offer closure with regard to those conflicts and themes?