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Cormac McCarthy

The Orchard Keeper

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1965

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Essay Topics

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Do humans in Red Branch live in harmony with the natural world? Why or why not?

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How is violence perpetuated and transmitted within the novel?

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How does the novel explore the tension between the narrative present and the past?

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