59 pages • 1 hour read
My Friend Flicka
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1941
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Essay Topics
1.
What role does the novel’s setting of a ranch in Wyoming play in the text? How is the setting described, and how do different characters interact with that setting?
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What is the primary internal conflict that Ken faces in the novel? Discuss this conflict’s development throughout the text. How does its resolution—or lack thereof—develop Ken’s character?
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Discuss the conflict between Ken and his father. How are they alike or different? How does the novel explore father-son relationships more generally?
