Us Against You

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapters 1-5

Chapters 6-10

Chapters 11-15

Chapters 16-20

Chapters 21-25

Chapters 26-30

Chapters 31-35

Chapters 36-40

Chapters 41-49

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Essay Topics

Analyze what hockey means to Beartown. How is hockey symbolic? How does hockey weave a common thread between even the most different characters?

How does William serve the literary role of the antagonist? How and why does William see himself as his own protagonist? What does this reveal about human nature?

How does Backman’s narrative structure twist the standard hero versus villain story?