Dust

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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Before You Read

Summary

Background

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Prologue-Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4-Epilogue

Character Analysis

Themes

Symbols & Motifs

Important Quotes

Essay Topics

Tools

Discussion Questions

Essay Topics

Why are the structures called silos? What symbolic resonances does this word have?

How have the silos destroyed cultural, racial, religious, and gender diversity? Is it significant that the silos are a US construction? Why or why not?

Discuss the stylistic and linguistic differences between the novel’s narrators—Juliette, Charlotte, Elise, Donald, Darcy, and Jimmy. What rhetorical devices does Howey use to keep their voices and perspectives distinct?