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Isabel Allende

A Long Petal of the Sea

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

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Essay Topics

1.

What is the significance of Victor’s experience squeezing a human heart back to life? How does this scene inform his characterization as well as his character arc?

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Compare and contrast Roser’s love for Guillem with her love for Victor. How does her affection for both men reflect her philosophy on life and love?

3.

How does Isidoro del Solar view the Spanish refugees? Why does he invite Victor and Roser into his home? Does that experience change his views?

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