63 pages • 2 hours read
Julie BerryLovely War
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
Describe Aphrodite’s motive for arranging for her husband, Hephaestus, to become aware of her affair with Ares.
Why does Aphrodite envy mortals?
What characterization tools are used to depict Hades as ominous and foreboding?
Do you believe that Aphrodite’s actions interfering in aspects of James and Hazel’s relationship are ethical? Why or why not?
What does Joey’s murder reveal about the racist beliefs held by some white American soldiers during World War I?
What widely held racist beliefs are exposed in the public’s reaction to Aubrey and Colette’s relationship?
How does Berry use the stories of James and Hazel, and Aubrey and Colette, to suggest that love is redemptive and transcendent?
Describe James’s experience of, and ongoing recovery from, post-traumatic stress disorder (shell shock).
Why do you believe James looked “somewhat peaceful” after going to see Adelaide Mason?
Describe Berry’s use of suspense to increase readers’ emotional investment throughout her work.
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