How I Live Now

How does How I Live Now differ from the more famous YA dystopias that follow it, such as The Hunger Games? Use examples from both chosen source texts to support your answer.

How do Rosoff’s descriptions seek to normalize (or at the very least, excuse) Daisy and Edmond’s incestuous relationship? How effective are the author’s attempts to address this issue?

In addition to Daisy’s relationship with Edmond, how do the ravages of war disrupt the social norms that would otherwise govern her and her cousins?

How does Daisy’s status as a New Yorker impact her perception of England and of the war that she and her cousins endure?

How does Rosoff use Christian imagery to enhance the narrative?

Edmond is largely absent from the novel after the cousins are separated. To what extent does his presence in the novel resemble a haunting? How does this aspect of the text tie into Rosoff’s focus on the presence of the dead and of those who have gone missing?

Analyze Rosoff’s nonstandard diction, grammar, and style. What various techniques does she use to convey Daisy’s initial worldview and shifting perspectives?

How realistic is the teenagers’ glee over their relative “freedom” from the guidance of adults after the onset of the war?