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The Seed Keeper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2021

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Essay Topics

1.

Describe the effects of intergenerational trauma on the characters in this story.

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What sacrifices do characters make in the story and why? In your response, include the answers to these follow-up questions: Do they always know they are making a sacrifice? Are the sacrifices chosen or forced upon them?

3.

Thomas’s path is left unresolved at the end. What do you think he will do with regard to the farm, Mangenta, his mother, and the corn? Support your opinion with evidence from the text.

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