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The House with Chicken Legs
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Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.
The novel is written from the protagonist Marinka’s first-person point of view. Analyze the narrative and thematic significance of this formal choice. How would the novel resonate differently if written from the third-person omniscient or third-person limited point of view?
Explore the connection between traditional Slavic lore surrounding Baba Yaga and Sophie Anderson’s representations of the Yaga figure. How do elements of good and evil, light and dark, life and death play into both the originating tale and Anderson’s interpretation?
Compare and contrast The House with Chicken Legs to Anderson’s other titles. What thematic, formal, and narrative crossovers do you notice between The House with Chicken Legs and The Girl Who Speaks Bear, The Castle of Tangled Magic, and/or The Thief Who Sang Storms?
