Reviving Ophelia

What was effective or ineffective about Pipher’s choice to include a combination of anecdotal, statistical, and historical evidence? How does each type of evidence add a unique layer to her overall argument?

Analyze and discuss the positive and negative aspects to society’s shift toward technology in the past 30 years, particularly through the lens of adolescent girls’ lives and development.

Identify and explain the cultural, political, and environmental changes that are influencing the rise in depression, anxiety, and self-harm among adolescent girls over the past 15 years.

While Pipher provides a wide scope of the challenges faced by teenage girls, it is not comprehensive. Identify an issue for this demographic that is not addressed in Reviving Ophelia and expand upon its nature and impact.

How are gender roles changing for girls in the 21st century compared to the 1990s, and what are the positive and negative aspects of these changes?

Pipher employs nature-related motifs throughout her book. Analyze and interpret both the meanings and effectiveness of these metaphors.

Does Reviving Ophelia paint an accurate picture of adolescent girls in the 1990s and/or today? Why or why not?

Pipher indicates at the end of the book that she believes prevention is the key to improving the lives of adolescent girls. How can one or more of the issues described in the book be prevented today and in the future?