52 pages 1 hour read

Alex Aster

Lightlark

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

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Essay Topics

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Aster creates a world in which several different cultures experience different curses. Describe one of these curses and discuss how it shapes the worldview of a character from that culture.

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What roles do unity and collaboration play in Lightlark? How do its characters balance conflict and collaboration?

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Discuss the symbolism of the egg. The heart of Lightlark appears in the form of an egg, and the setting or rising sun is also described on multiple occasions as resembling a yolk. What abstract meanings arise from these connections?