Ignite Me

As Juliette trains, her confidence grows. How does the novel define confidence? In what ways is confidence presented as materially important when fighting against a totalitarian regime?

The Shatter Me series was initially billed as a trilogy, with this novel as its conclusion. In the Acknowledgments, Mafi calls it “the finish line” (246), despite the fact that she went on to write another trilogy in this world. What does this journey suggest about the definition of a story’s “ending”?

Analyze one of the various “families” in the text, whether biologically related or found. How does Mafi’s novel define the role of family in times of war and struggle? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.

How does Mafi use the frequent inclusion of banter and other low-stakes moments amidst the high stakes of the dystopian revolution novel to create tone? What if anything does the novel’s tone indicate about its audience? About the novel’s characters? In what ways does this tone contribute to the importance the novel places on Friendship in Dystopias?

Warner refers to The Reestablishment’s regime as a “transitory world.” How does that paradigm alter the way The Reestablishment is portrayed in light of the dystopian genre? How does it affect the novel’s conclusion?

When Juliette is angry with Adam, Kenji reminds her to remember the good in him. Does Ignite Me suggest that Adam provided something useful to Juliette in her past? Does this align with or contradict his presentation in the earlier novels in the series? Cite specific examples from the text to support your argument.

Where Juliette spends the first two novels in the series frequently crying, in Ignite Me she is frequently angry. What is the novel’s perspective on anger? How does the novel present anger as a force for good or for ill?

Analyze one instance in which Juliette reexamines something from her past and make an argument for how this reframing impacts the trajectory of her character arc in the novel.