45 pages 1 hour read

Rumaan Alam

Leave the World Behind

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

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Essay Topics

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How do each of the characters typify an overreliance on technology, and what does its absence reveal about the way humanity is ill-equipped for a crisis?

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How do race and class intersect in the crisis of the novel? How have the two families sheltered themselves from matters of race and class?

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Do you agree with the novel’s assertion that the bigger picture no longer matters in a postapocalyptic society? Why or why not?

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