Sunrise

How do Colin Yard’s anxieties around the projection of his masculinity resonate with the other male characters in the novel?

Compare and contrast the characters of Sadie Wilkins and Nina Terzić. How do each they navigate the roles that other people project onto them?

What does the search for Jules Abadie reveal about the town’s social hierarchy?

How do Nina’s recollections of her mother’s folk beliefs interact with her academic training in art history? What does this suggest about the novel’s position on the nature of knowledge?

How do the shifting depictions of the town of Sunrise reflect the different ways each era engages with the past?

How does Fred Kipley’s shifting vantage point throughout time complicate the history he provides of the Greyrock Four?

How does Preacher’s use of the identity “El Hechicero” suggest an alternative interpretation to the theme The Mythologization of the American West?

How do these arrangements of animal remains comment on the environments where they are displayed?