53 pages • 1 hour read
Catherine SteadmanSomething in the Water
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018A 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
In Chapter 1, Erin asks the reader to decide if she’s a bad person. Do you think Erin is a bad person? Why, or why not? Support your position with examples from the text.
Erin never learns whether Mark loved her or played her the fool for their entire relationship. Do you think Mark and Erin’s relationship was ever genuine? Why, or why not? If you think so, when do you think Mark started to pull away, and what factors do you think contributed to his decision? If not, why do you think he got together with Erin in the first place? Support your position with examples from the text.
Erin and Mark debate keeping the bag. Do you think they made the right choice? Why, or why not? Would you have kept the bag? If so, what (if anything) would you have done differently than Mark and Erin? Why? If not, did Mark and Erin’s circumstances influence your decision? If so, how did they affect your decision?
