How do the religious overtones of the novel foreshadow Scotland’s actions at the end? Use specific textual examples of religious themes.

What insights arise from the novel’s use of a first-person narrator? What does the narrative obscure?

One epigraph of the text is a line from Walt Whitman: “I am larger, better than I thought, I did not know I held so much goodness.” Discuss how this quote applies to the text, specifically as it relates to the literary elements of theme and characterization.