54 pages • 1 hour read
The Maddest Obsession
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Essay Topics
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child abuse, emotional abuse, child sexual abuse, and gender discrimination.
How does framing the narrative through Christian’s 2015 therapy sessions invite the reader to question whether his obsession is a form of love?
Trace the evolution of the game metaphor from the characters’ initial antagonistic encounters to their later intimate arrangement. How do “games” function as a necessary, if unconventional, form of communication for individuals whose respective traumas prevent traditional emotional vulnerability?
To what extent does the novel’s use of psychological realism succeed in repositioning Christian as a romantic antihero rather than a straightforward antagonist by grounding his violent and possessive behaviors in trauma?
