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Elif Shafak

Three Daughters Of Eve

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

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Essay Topics

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The narration in the book alternates between Peri’s past and a dinner party in Peri’s present. Trace how Shafak uses the narrative techniques of the alternating timelines to tackle the tension between secular and religious identities in contemporary Turkey.

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Shafak is a British-Turkish writer who was born in France and has lived both in Turkey and across Europe and America. How does Shafak translate her experiences into the book to examine the impact of cultural hybridity on personal identity?

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The book is titled Three Daughters of Eve. Who are the “three daughters” and “Eve,” respectively? Explore the significance of the title through its connection to the themes. How does this title connect to the motif of “the Sinner, the Believer, and the Confused”?

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