89 pages • 2 hours read
Julius LesterDay of Tears
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Topics
Why does the author choose to name the last chapter after Emma instead of the location in which the dialogue takes place? How does this serve to differentiate the closing chapter from the rest of the chapters?
With which character do you empathize the most? With which character do you empathize the least? Explain your reasoning using examples from the text.
What role does artifice play in the novel? What role does truth? How are these ideas related to the themes and symbols found within the book?
