Rosenberg often categorizes history into binaries. Pick a binary that Rosenberg uses. How does that binary show up throughout the text? Is one form of history dominant over the other kind? How might Rosenberg’s binaries reflect real life?

Confessions is full of intimate sexual imagery and detail. How does sex function in the text? What themes are these scenes in conversation with?

How are Sullivan and Wild alike? How are they different? What do the novel’s frequent meditations on the history of law and property suggest connects these two?