62 pages • 2-hour read
Willa of the Wood
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Content Warning: This section discusses cultural erasure and assimilation, child death and injury, and the systemic abuse of Indigenous people.
How does the novel use Willa’s perspective to explore humanity and personhood? How are the Faeran people, the animals, the trees, and the human beings dehumanized or humanized by others?
How does the novel deal with the idea of “land ownership,” particularly with the territorial and violent conflicts between both the real Indigenous Cherokee and the white colonial groups and the fictional, fantastical Faeran?
Is the ending to Willa’s narrative hopeful, tragic, or both? Does the novel treat her loss of her entire culture and people as a good thing or a bad thing for her personally? Use specific examples in your answer.
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