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Hex
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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death, graphic violence, and self-harm.
How does Steve Grant’s transformation from a man of science into a figure of superstition illustrate the novel’s argument that overwhelming grief can dismantle a modern, rationalist worldview?
The narrative in HEX incorporates several of Tyler Grant’s “Open Your Eyes” blog posts. Examine how this structural choice creates tension between the community’s official narrative of containment and the younger generation’s desire for exposure and truth.
How does the novel’s motif of eyes and sight—from Katherine’s stitched eyes to the HEX surveillance network and Steve’s self-mutilation—develop its argument about the relationship between seeing, knowing, and terror?
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