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Rohinton MistrySuch a Long Journey
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991A 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
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Describe the “journey” Mistry refers to in the novel’s title. Who takes the journey, where does it start and end, and what are the significant steps along the way?
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Discuss the role of superstition in the novel. How do belief and disbelief in superstition affect the decisions of the main characters?
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In Such a Long Journey, characters perform rituals in the name of both religion and superstitious belief. Compare and contrast religion and superstition in the novel through at least three of the book’s protagonists.
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