28 pages • 56 minutes read
Her Body and Other Parties
Fiction | Short Story Collection | Adult | Published in 2017
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Essay Topics
1.
Describe the threat that the protagonist’s husband poses to her in “The Husband Stitch.” What message is the author trying to convey by portraying this ongoing tension between husband and wife?
2.
Compare two stories in Her Body and Other Parties in regards to the book’s greater theme of the oppression of women.
3.
In “Inventory,” what is the main character’s greatest fear? Why?
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