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Richard FlanaganQuestion 7
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2023A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Read or research Richard Flanagan’s novels Death of a River Guide (1994) and/or The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2013). How do his accounts in those novels differ from their non-fictional presentation in Question 7? Why might Flanagan have made the changes he did to the story/stories?
Describe Flanagan’s parents as characterized by him in the text. Do they seem like “good” parents? To what extent does Flanagan portrayal of them in and through the work reflect his thematic engagement with Memory, Understanding, and Forgiveness?
Compare and contrast the two main historical figures in Question 7, H. G. Wells and Leo Szilard. To what extent were their views related? How did they differ in their actions?
