26 pages • 52 minutes read
The Leap
Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1990
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Essay Topics
1.
Compare and contrast the descriptions of Anna Avalon’s first and second husbands. Which one does the narrator seem to prefer, and why?
2.
Which characters share the most love in this story? How is that love defined?
3.
Why do you think that the stone lamb on the baby’s grave “looms larger” and becomes more sharply etched as the years go by? What role does the stillborn sister play more broadly?
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