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The Chicken Sisters
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Essay Topics
Compare and contrast Mae and Amanda. How are their characters alike? How are they different? Explain why this is significant to the novel.
How does the medium of reality television affect how the story is told? How does telling a story on reality TV differ from telling it in writing?
Explain the significance of economic class in the novel. How does social and economic status affect the characters’ relationships with each other?
Discuss the significance of the frontmatter section, which contains the advertisement for Food Wars and Amanda’s initial emails. Why does Dell’Antonia decide to start the novel off this way?
Explore the role of food—aside from fried chicken—in the novel. What does food symbolize? Provide examples from the text to support your answer.
How does the setting affect the reading of the novel? Compare the setting of New York City to Merinac, Kansas.
How is the town of Merinac affected by the filming of Food Wars? What messages does Dell’Antonia offer regarding community?
Explain the significance of alternating chapter sequences. How does the shift in perspective affect the story?
Discuss the portrayal of grief in the novel. How do characters, such as Frank, affect the story without being physically present?
Nancy, Barbara, Amanda, and Mae are all mothers. How do the characters’ approaches to motherhood differ? What messages does the novel convey regarding motherhood?
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