24 pages • 48 minutes read
The Lover
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1984
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How does the narrator’s race and financial class influence her relationship with the lover?
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What role does the elder brother play in the narrator’s family? Why do you think that he fears the narrator?
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Analyze the narrator’s relationship with three other women in the text. How does the narrator regard these women? How do her social expectations compare to theirs?
