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50 pages 1 hour read

The Cold Dish

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2004

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Essay Topics

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What role does Walt’s first-person narration play in the story? How would the novel change if it were written from a third-person perspective?

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Through research, identify several unique historical or cultural qualities associated with the Cheyenne tribe. Based on your research, how accurate is the novel’s depiction of Cheyenne culture? Do the accuracies or inaccuracies reflect on the book’s themes?

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Identify one or more allusions Walt makes to an outside work. Describe their role in the text—characterization, symbolism, deepening themes—using evidence from the source.

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