45 pages 1 hour read

Kazuo Ishiguro

When We Were Orphans

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2000

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Essay Topics

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Is Banks a reliable narrator? Use three examples from the novel to explore his reliability.

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How does Ishiguro utilize the temporal and spatial settings, and to what purpose?

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Creative Assignment: Write an alternative ending where Banks reunites with his parents.

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